
Randy Forbes: Hometown heroes
Real heroes don’t wear capes and, although they may play sports, it’s unlikely that you’d find them on a professional court or field. But their super human abilities change lives.

Real heroes don’t wear capes and, although they may play sports, it’s unlikely that you’d find them on a professional court or field. But their super human abilities change lives.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will be courtside at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte for Friday’s second-round NCAA Tournament game between #2 seed UVA (29-3) and #15 seed Belmont (22-10).

I’m just back from a rally in front of the Charlottesville Police Department at which I heard a black UVA student say that black friends were going to think twice about trying to attend UVA after what happened tonight.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will briefly close westbound Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County on Tuesday, March 24 to make pavement repairs in the area of the Maury River bridges near Lexington.

Part of Route 684 (Little River Road) near the town of Craigsville in Augusta County will be closed to through traffic March 19-21, 2015 for slope repair work. The closure is located between Route 685 (Lehigh Road) and Route 683 (Bashaw Road).

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close part of Route 748 (Thomas Spring Road) in Rockingham County on Thursday, March 19, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to replace a drainage pipe under the roadway.

Augusta Free Press is live from Charlotte, N.C. as we follow UVA on the Road to the Final Four! Join us March 20-22 for East Regional coverage live from Charlotte.

The rivers and communities of the Potomac Highlands region across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia have realized a wide variety of benefits from an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program, according to a report released today by American Rivers.

Route 250 (Mountain Turnpike) in western Highland County will be closed to commercial truck traffic March 23-27 during repairs to a rock retaining wall.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will briefly close westbound Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County on March 19, 2015 to make pavement repairs in the area of the Maury River bridges near Lexington.
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