
Waynesboro branch of NAACP brings community together with first Juneteenth celebration
The first-ever Juneteenth Celebration in the River City will be held Sunday, June 19, at Ridgeview Park from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The first-ever Juneteenth Celebration in the River City will be held Sunday, June 19, at Ridgeview Park from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A former Staunton City Council member is back in the running for a seat on the city body. The Waynesboro mayor is not running for a second term. Crystal Graham hosts and asks AFP editor Chris Graham for background on the latest news in local politics.

UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong will soon have a celebrity McDonald’s meal at locations in Charlottesville and the Shenandoah Valley.

VDOT invites the public to attend a Zoom webinar meeting on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. to learn more about the U.S. 29 corridor improvement study between Airport Road in Albemarle County and Deerfield Drive in Greene County.

As a new addition to Boar’s Head Resort’s Summer Celebration Series, Birdwood Grill will host Music Mondays through September 5.

Ting Pavilion has announced the remaining schedule for Charlottesville’s Fridays After Five, the free summer concert series features local artists performing a wide range of musical styles.

Virginia Athletics broke ground on its years-in-the-making $80 million football operations center on Thursday, and no, it will not have a 20-foot indoor slide, a bowling alley, anything of that sort.

Virginia (38-17) will open up NCAA Regional play in Greenville, N.C. on Friday when it takes on Coastal Carolina (36-18-1) at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Former Staunton Braves shortstop Ryan McCarty has been named the Division III Player of the Year.

The UVA Cancer Center is celebrating, and the reward goes to nonprofits, local governments, hospital and other community groups it serves.
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