
Robert Hurt: The House budget plan will prevent a fiscal crisis
Last month, President Obama released his budget proposal for the next fiscal year and beyond, which could have been an opportunity to address these debt and deficit challenges.

Last month, President Obama released his budget proposal for the next fiscal year and beyond, which could have been an opportunity to address these debt and deficit challenges.

The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society will present an all-day forum, “Thomas Jefferson: The Man Behind the Myths.” on April 11, at the University of Virginia’s Jefferson Scholars Foundation, 112 Clarke Court, Charlottesville.

A Waynesboro teen reported missing by his father in December has been located and is in custody on a juvenile detention order.

The UVA baseball team again returns home to Davenport Field Tuesday for a 4 p.m. game against the Towson Tigers. Gates open at 3 p.m.

The Waynesboro Police Department has charged a Florida woman with bigamy, perjury and parental kidnapping after being alerted in early January that she had married a second person and fled Virginia with her three children.

Work continues on the ramps serving McIntire Road and John W. Parkway at the Route 250 Bypass interchange in Charlottesville as temporary asphalt is removed, permanent curbing added, and grading/landscaping is finalized.

The national average price of regular unleaded gas fell last weekend after rising for 40 consecutive days, which was the longest streak of daily increases since 2011.

The No. 8 UVA women’s lacrosse team (4-4, 0-2 ACC) snapped a two-game losing slide with an 18-11 victory over No. 10 Princeton (4-1, 1-0 Ivy) on Saturday (March 14) at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Redshirt-sophomore first baseman Brett Johnson blasted his first career home run, a three-run shot, over the left field wall to cap off a five-run bottom of the ninth as the James Madison baseball team came all the way back to earn a 9-7 walk-off win over Minnesota on Friday.
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