
JMU women’s basketball makes it eight straight
The JMU women’s basketball posted an 85-57 victory over Northeastern on Friday night at the JMU Convocation Center to tally its eighth-straight win and move to 8-0 in Colonial Athletic Association.

The JMU women’s basketball posted an 85-57 victory over Northeastern on Friday night at the JMU Convocation Center to tally its eighth-straight win and move to 8-0 in Colonial Athletic Association.

Monday was a busy day at Price Rotary Senior Center as we welcomed Pam Hyser and her 4-year-old preschool class from Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation.

Five JMU players touched double digits, including 16 each from senior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) and redshirt-sophomore guard Jazmon Gwathmey (Bealeton, Va./Liberty), to run away with a 72-48 win over William & Mary at Kaplan Arena, Tuesday evening.

The Fields of Gold agritourism initiative spearheaded by the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) is expanding to Botetourt County in 2014.

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

Sophomore Precious Hall (Tallahassee, Fla/Maclay School) dropped a career-high 25 points on Friday night to pace the JMU women’s basketball squad to a 92-59 victory over the College of Charleston at the JMU Convocation Center.

The Watchdog.org Virginia bureau wrote today about an in-depth investigation into what Virginia does to prevent poor-people welfare recipients from using public monies to go to strip clubs.

Lauren Arbogast of Rockingham County has been named Virginia’s Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes a Virginia educator for efforts in incorporating agriculture into his or her core curriculum.

A $2,500 grant to Bridgewater College from the Enterprise Holdings Foundation will fund the purchase of an electric-powered utility vehicle for use in the college’s recycling program.

Population growth in Virginia slowed last year as fewer people moved to the state, but the commonwealth still outpaced the nation, according to the most recent official state population estimates from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
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