Eight Valley community organizations receive SVEC grant funding
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative selected eight community organizations for its latest group of grant recipients.
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative selected eight community organizations for its latest group of grant recipients.

Food costs are up 11.4 percent, the biggest annual increase since 1979, and more community members are turning to their local food banks.

Vaccinations are preventing 4 to 5 million deaths per year, according to the World Health Organization.

Part of the Indigenous Communities Program, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe to build a childcare center.

Members of our community who live with food insecurity are the individuals you least expect because they are working.

Business, industry, nonprofit and government leaders from across the Shenandoah Valley have banded together to find solutions to some of the most pressing challenges for economic development in the region.

At a time of children with popsicle-covered faces running around and summer music festivals, many are celebrating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour for 13 years. That’s just $15,080 a year if you work full time.

Next week small business owners will gather in Washington, D.C. for the 10,000 Small Businesses Summit.

Debra Freeman-Belle is running for her second term on Waynesboro School Board in November’s election.
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