
Seventh annual Bison Bluegrass Festival
Information on the seventh annual Bison Bluegrass Festival at Buffalo Gap High School on Sunday, March 8.

Information on the seventh annual Bison Bluegrass Festival at Buffalo Gap High School on Sunday, March 8.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads a live blog during tonight’s ACC basketball game between second-ranked UVA (25-1, 13-1 ACC) and Wake Forest (12-15, 4-10 ACC).

Multi-award winning bluegrass band Blue Highway will be performing at the Court Square Theater at 8:00 PM on Friday, February 27, 2015. Tickets are available at the Theater Box Office at 540.433.9189 or on-line at www.valleyarts.org/performances.

Virginia Department of Transportation plows and crews will be on duty throughout tonight’s forecast snow event. The Staunton District will have approximately 500 pieces of equipment deployed throughout the district. Safety Service Patrol coverage will be expanded on Interstate 81 to include Shenandoah and Augusta counties for this storm.

Virginia’s Agriculture in the Classroom program will celebrate Agriculture Literacy Week concurrently with National Ag Week, March 15-21.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s game between second-ranked UVA (24-1, 12-1 ACC) and Florida State (15-12, 7-7 ACC). Tipoff is at 6:30 p.m.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

The Virginia Department of Transportation advises people not to travel on Saturday in the Shenandoah Valley region. A potent winter storm is forecast to arrive in the Shenandoah Valley possibly during the pre-dawn hours and continue throughout the day with predicted snowfall totals ranging from three to seven inches.

Virginia Department of Transportation crews and contractors continue to plow and treat roadways throughout the Shenandoah Valley as the President’s Day snow storm continues throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Roads remain treacherous and travel is not recommended.
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