
McAuliffe declares Saturday, August 9th Smokey Bear Day
In honor of 70 years of fire prevention service, Governor Terry McAuliffe officially declared August 9, 2014, Smokey Bear Day in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In honor of 70 years of fire prevention service, Governor Terry McAuliffe officially declared August 9, 2014, Smokey Bear Day in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Listen live to the third and deciding game of the 2014 Valley League championship series as the Waynesboro Generals take on the Charles Town Cannons Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Kate Collins Field.

Author Marietta McCarty toasts August in Kentucky and its topic in The Philosopher’s Table: “What About Love?” at Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville on Sunday, Aug. 10, from 5-7 p.m.

Part of Route 726 (Stone Spring Road) in Rockingham County will be closed for intersection improvements beginning Friday, August 8, 2014.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close part of Route 623 (Fredericksburg Road) in Rockbridge County for about a month beginning Tuesday August 5, 2014.

The first rule of wars on terror: you can’t win a war on terror. Though as we’re seeing yet again in Gaza, it’s not that the aim of a war on terror is to win the war on terror.

Roanoke Democratic Del. Sam Rasoul has joined others in denouncing comments made by Republican Party of Virginia treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds.

Interstate 81 northbound will have a detour tonight (July 30) as part of operations to clear a tractor trailer accident from earlier today. This location is near Lexington in Rockbridge County.

Virginia Democrats are calling on Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie to condemn a Facebook post from Republican Party of Virginia treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds suggesting that Muslims have contributed nothing to the American social fabric.
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