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    • ‘Tut' Back In D-I
      HARRISONBURG - Josh Tutwiler always felt that if he had the chance to show it, he could prove he was a Division I baseball player.

    • RMH Deal Well-Received
      HARRISONBURG - A day after RMH Healthcare officials announced their decision to partner with Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare, members of the Harrisonburg business community said Friday that they feel comfortable with the decision.

    • Massanutten: Better Off As A Town'
      HARRISONBURG - A group of Massanutten Village residents pushing to incorporate their privately owned development into a town are releasing the results of a feasibility study they have completed.

    • Mall Investigation Nets Four New Arrests
      HARRISONBURG - An ongoing investigation into men soliciting other men for sexual favors in restrooms at the Valley Mall has netted four additional arrests, police say.

    • Escape Plot Case Heads To Court
      HARRISONBURG - Barring a last-minute plea, jury selection of a man accused of aiding the escape of his brother, who killed a security guard and a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy, is scheduled to start Monday morning in Rockingham County Circuit Court.

    • Camp Calls On Faithful, Friends
      HARRISONBURG - The 87th Massanetta Springs Bible Conference gets under way Sunday at Massanetta Springs Camp and Conference Center with a new look and some new sound.

    • Bond Sale Could Net City $3.2M In Savings
      HARRISONBURG - Harrisonburg stands to save nearly $3.2 million over the long term when it closes on a bond sale next month designed to refinance old debt and provide financing for a road project, city officials said this week.

    • A Decade Of Winning
      HARRISONBURG - When Harrisonburg High School football coach Tim Sarver was a freshman halfback at Emory & Henry in 1963, a stipulation in his aid package required him to be a caretaker of the school's gymnasium.

    • New Dress Code For Fluvanna HS
      Students in Fluvanna County are going to have to follow a few different rules when it comes to dress codes.

    • Charlottesville Pushes Water Conservation
      Charlottesville is encouraging people to cut back on water expenses by handing out free water saving kits.

    • UVA Holds Document Shredding Day
      Records Management Day is a way for the university to get rid of files and documents that are no longer needed.

    • A Look Inside The UVA President's Home
      Wednesday, a one of a kind open house gave a rare look at Carr's Hill, the on-campus home of UVA's president.

    • Madison Tree Removal Fuels Debate
      The removal of trees in a park in downtown Madison has become the center of some heated online conversation.

    • James Madison Papers Available Online
      James Madison's documents are now available online through the University of Virginia Press.

    • New Fluvanna School Superintendent
      The Fluvanna County School Board announced Monday that Gena Keller has accepted the school superintendent position.

    • Fluvanna County Supervisors Retreat
      Fluvanna County's board of supervisors took a morning retreat to sort out some important issues.

    • UVA Team Back As RAM Clinic Wraps
      A team from the UVA Health System is back in Charlottesville Monday morning after the Remote Access Medical clinic in rural Wise County.

    • Fluvanna Still Searching for a County Administrator
      Fluvanna's search for a new county administrator is far from over.

    • Carnival Chaos For Madison County Fair
      The Madison County Fair is over but part of the carnival is still in town and the county's sheriff is making it clear they are not welcome.

    • SVTA Changing Valley Tourism Strategy
      The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association has worked to promote the valley for more than 85 years, but has a new plan for the future.

    • VA First Lady Focused On Family Art
      Maureen McDonnell says that for all of the beautiful artwork inside the governor's mansion, the walls are missing a focus on families.

    • Will RMH Affiliation Mean New Services?
      A major change planned for Rockingham Memorial Hospital could mean new services for patients, but hospital officials say that likely won't happen soon.

    • Senators raise issue with proposed Roanoke VA office renovations
      U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner on Thursday sent a letter requesting Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and General Services Administrator Martha Johnson re-evaluate plans to renovate the Roanoke Veterans Affairs Regional Office. The renovations, as currently planned, would likely exacerbate the VARO’s high backlog rate without solving some of its major infrastructure needs, the [...]

    • Nomadic Roots Festival: Let the festivities begin
      The inaugural Nomadic Roots Festival begins Thursday evening at Crimora Park in Crimora. People from all over Virginia will camp out under the stars for three nights to listen to local bands playing around the clock. Not only will 21 bands be there, but there will also be eight vendors and countless artists, including live-art performances [...]

    • Harrisonburg Café Forced to Close Doors
      The Water Street Café has been in Harrisonburg for more than a decade, but in 40 days, the café will close its doors.

    • Four Ticketed for Trespassing at Old RMH
      Four people have been issued summonses for trespassing at the old Rockingham Memorial Hospital.

    • Dozens of High-Tech Jobs Headed to Virginia
      An infusion of high-tech jobs will come to Harrisonburg, with the Harris Corporation prepares for a multimillion-dollar expansion.

    • Busy building at EMU
      A quiet campus at Eastern Mennonite University? Not at all, especially this summer, with outside groups and auxiliary programs stretching the facilities non-stop from early May through mid-August and several major capital improvement projects happening simultaneously. The biggest project: what is being called “Phase II” of the University Commons, a $2.4 million funded project that will [...]

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