
Senators introduce bill to help rural hospitals keep their doors open
Legislation introduced in the Senate this week aims to fix a flawed formula that results in disproportionately low Medicare payments for hospitals in rural and low-wage areas.

Legislation introduced in the Senate this week aims to fix a flawed formula that results in disproportionately low Medicare payments for hospitals in rural and low-wage areas.

We’ll start here with one linking the two: Ralph Sampson probably doesn’t have 462 blocks if not for Ricky Stokes and fellow “Blitz Brother” Othell Wilson.

Augusta Health and its staff and volunteers set a new record one-day COVID-19 vaccination total last week with three concurrent vaccination clinics that pushed the total vaccinated past 40,000.

Until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel agents had been sending their clients to destinations all over the world, and booking trips to once-in-a-lifetime getaways.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News.

A recent FOIA request filed by Communities Against Middle River Jail Expansion found that 76 percent of the inmates there on March 1 were being held for drug charges or other nonviolent offenses.

It’s been a very busy week at Augusta Health’s expanded COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics, and the pace will continue to pick up through the next week.

Red Root & Co’s Hops & Citrus Bitters has achieved national accolades with a recent win in the 2021 Good Food Awards.

Criteria for COVID-19 vaccinations at Augusta Health will be expanded beginning Monday.

More than 160 people with mental health concerns have been served by crisis response teams in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County since September with funding from a $750,000 federal grant obtained by a pair of JMU professors.
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