
Middle River Regional Jail reports 10 positive COVID-19 tests among staff
Middle River Regional Jail has temporarily canceled all inmate programs, including family visitation, in response to a run of positive COVID-19 tests reported among staff.

Middle River Regional Jail has temporarily canceled all inmate programs, including family visitation, in response to a run of positive COVID-19 tests reported among staff.

The Central Shenandoah Health District will hold free COVID 19 testing events throughout the district this week.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News. Excerpts from a recent Roundup follow; full Roundup is here.

Only colleges and universities—large or small—with momentum are able to attract $1 million gifts. Bridgewater College is the most recent example.

Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom has awarded 62 grants to 44 Virginia localities for the 2020-21 school year.

Both northbound lanes of Interstate 81 are closed in Rockingham County due to bridge damage from a vehicle strike near mile marker 249.

The Virginia Quilt Museum will open “Reds and Greens: Threads of Winters Past” to the public for display on Friday, Nov. 20.

Thirty seniors in a Bridgewater College entrepreneurship course want to form working partnerships with six small businesses or nonprofits in Harrisonburg and Rockingham and Augusta counties during the spring 2021 semester.

The Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA is giving back to the veterans in our community by offering 50 percent discounted adoption fees for shelter pets in need of loving homes.

AFP digital editor Crystal Abbe Graham gets editor Chris Graham to go in-depth on the upcoming UVA Basketball season.
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