Climate and Energy News Roundup: November 2025
The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is organizing a Climate Action Celebration and Call to Action at the Massanutten Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is organizing a Climate Action Celebration and Call to Action at the Massanutten Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Volunteers with Veterans Garden of Augusta, a new nonprofit project in Staunton, are working to create a healing, hands-on space for local veterans to connect, learn and grow, both in the garden and beyond it.

The two sides in the 2025 Virginia elections made their closing arguments at dueling rallies on Saturday, the MAGA Republicans in the far reaches of the Northern Virginia exurbs, the Democrats in the heart of Hampton Roads.
VDOT has updated its schedule for road work and maintenance in Augusta County, Rockbridge County and Rockingham County the week of Nov. 3-7.
We have an update from the man who created a GoFundMe campaign to assist Jaykie Funez-Andrade as the Harrisonburg woman fights her detention by federal agents after a traffic stop on Monday.
A popular corn maze in Orange County abruptly shut down for the season, after the owners were threatened with physical violence.
The new owner of the Natural Bridge Zoo turned herself in to serve a 100-day jail sentence on Wednesday. Sasha “Gretchen” Tocho Mogensen, 41, was booked on Oct. 29 at noon at the Rockbridge Regional Jail.
Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline is trying to portray himself as a staunch defender of the SNAP program that helps feed more than 40 million Americans.
A campaign bus for the Winsome Earle-Sears gubernatorial campaign caught fire this afternoon en route to an event in Rockingham County.
Interstate 81 in Rockingham County was the site of two accidents overnight, one involving two tractor trailers and one with a fire truck.
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