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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Augusta County, Staunton and Wayensboro beginning Tuesday morning. The forecast for Tuesday into Wednesday afternoon calls for possible snow accumulations of 5 inches of snow or more. Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and locales to their north in the…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] RMH Community Health and Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center are partnering to offer substance abuse prevention training to Hispanic men and women to serve as resources to their communities as lay health promoters. The training event will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 6 at Harrisonburg Mennonite…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu A 1-2 week dropped Eastern Mennonite to #16 in this week’s D3hoops.com national poll. After a win over Southern Virginia coupled with a pair of ODAC losses in the past 10 days, the men dropped five spots in the most recent poll. The ODAC remains a strong presence on…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Is conflict, often resulting from widely-divergent viewpoints in organizations, religious and secular, a bad thing? I think it largely depends on whether it’s avoided, allowed to fester or addressed head-on. For example, argumentation and adversarial roles seem to drive most talk radio/listener call-in and “talking heads”…
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Column by Kai Degner www.whykai.com As the DNRonline.com has been “paywalled,” meaning people need to pay to read it online, there are a number of added challenges to inform the public on important matters. However, there’s one with a more direct added financial impact: business leaders from outside the area can’t read about or…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu On Dec. 12, Southern Virginia handed the Runnin Royals their first loss of the 2009-2010 season, 92-79 in Buena Vista. Thursday night, Eastern Mennonite paid back the Knights in Harrisonburg by racing to a 26-point halftime lead en route to an 89-68 victory. The teams quickly started the game…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Rockingham Memorial Hospital will offer a variety of free health screenings during a community health screening fair to be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, at the RMH Wellness Center, 501 Stone Spring Rd., Harrisonburg. All screenings, except digital mammography, are free.
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Saturday, Eastern Mennonite suffered its first loss to a D-III school. Monday night, the Royals slipped four spots in the D3hoops.com men’s basketball national poll, landing at No. 11. EMU is one of four Old Dominion Athletic Conference teams ranked in the poll, all in the top 11 spots….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Friendly City Food Co-op is holding a membership drive. A representative will be available throughout the day in three locations: A Bowl of Good Café, 7-10 a.m., The Hardesty Higgins House, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and The Artful Dodger. 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be provided….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Commonwealth Transportation Board this week awarded a $10.1 million contract to widen Port Republic Road in Rockingham County to Branch Highways Inc. of Roanoke. The project will widen the road near the new Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The project extends from just south of Route 704 (Boyers Road) to…
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