Icon of American West: Project 2025 proposes ‘dispose humanely’ of wild horses
Project 2025 and Republicans have their politics set on eliminating an icon of the American West: the wild mustang.
Project 2025 and Republicans have their politics set on eliminating an icon of the American West: the wild mustang.
Overshadowing any good news is the bad news that unemployment in Virginia is expected to rise to the highest rate in 2025 since 2021.

A poll out this week from Roanoke College has Democrat Abigail Spanberger with a 17-point lead on Republican Winsome Earle-Sears.
The Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025 would strengthen federal cybersecurity with guidelines.
Valley Community Services Board and Augusta Health are bracing for substantial cuts to Medicaid and Medicare programs over the next decade.
All 100 House of Delegates races in Virginia up for election in 2025 have a Democrat running against a Republican candidate or incumbent.
Republicans are hell bent on rolling back key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act as part of their proposed budget bill.
Dr. Lisa Coons resigned as Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction in March after the Virginia DOE reportedly missed deadlines.
Virginia’s MAGA attorney general, Jason Miyares, scored a victory in court to get an alleged Hamas funder to hand over its financial records.
The rain is here, and it’s going to get interesting in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia this week, weather-wise.
Local news is in “serious jeopardy,” according to experts. Pitch in and help AFP continue to deliver news to the Valley, Virginia and beyond.