Black and male: Why Chris Jones may not have sought help for mental-health condition
Alleged UVA triple-murderer Chris Jones clearly slipped through the mental-health system.
Alleged UVA triple-murderer Chris Jones clearly slipped through the mental-health system.
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education will use $125,000 donated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to combat food and housing insecurity.
The Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley is presenting “The Outdoors is YOURS” on Dec. 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center in Harrisonburg.
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.
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