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A teenager and a State Police Sergeant are being treated for injuries sustained in a high-speed incident on Interstate 81 Tuesday afternoon (April 9, 2013) in Augusta County, Va.
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Virginia 4-H and FFA officials have announced that the organizations’ youth livestock shows will return to the State Fair of Virginia in 2013.
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The Governor’s Rural Jobs Council today released the interim report to the governor. The council divided its work into three subcommittees: infrastructure, entrepreneurship and workforce development/K-12 education. The council’s progress and activities are detailed in each subcommittee report.
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Bridge Day, Saturday, April 13 will be a celebration of the Sears Hill Bridge and Staunton’s rich architectural history and preservationist culture. Events will include free family activities around the District at Woodrow Park, the Staunton Station, the Wharf and on Beverley Street.
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A New York man was killed and two other men were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 Thursday night (April 4, 2013) in Augusta County.
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The Pre-K for a Day Fundraiser is back. For the second time, Smart Beginnings will be providing local community officials the opportunity to go back to preschool. During the month of April, community leaders will have the chance to spend time in a pre-school environment learning everything a child would normally learn in their classroom or daycare center. They will experience the education of a preschooler first-hand. These community leaders will be showing their support and commitment to bettering early childhood education in the Shenandoah Valley by brushing up on their ABCs and going back to the basics.
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The Rockingham County Fair Association is offering for sale two log cabins. The structures have been associated with the Fair at different locations for more than three decades.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and two of its members (or partner agencies) are competing for a total of $85,000 in grant funding through Walmart’s nationwide Fighting Hunger Together campaign. The two Food Bank members competing for the grant include Hope Distributed, a food pantry in Harrisonburg, and Campus Kitchens, a food distribution program in Lexington. All of the grant funding will support their child hunger-relief programs.
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On Friday, March 22, Staunton Downtown Development Association (SDDA) and the city of Staunton were presented with Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Awards for the contribution of over 80,000 volunteer hours dedicated to downtown revitalization and for fostering more than 500 building improvement projects in the city’s historic commercial district.
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Harrisonburg-based Create More Business Now has released a new smartphone application that assists local residents and visitors to the area with navigating their way around the City of Staunton.
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