EMU will Take Back the Night
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Take Back the Night, an annual student-directed rally uniting men and women against sexual violence, will be held Monday through Thursday, Jan. 19-22, at Eastern Mennonite University.
Search Results for Harrisonburg
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VDOT road work schedule for Jan. 19-23
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Here is an updated list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert…
Today’s Events
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Here is a list of events ongoing today in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
Trying to make sense of the ’09 Dem governor’s race
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The race for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor has come to look an awful lot like the race for the Dem nomination to run for the White House that resulted in Barack Obama’s historic victory in November. It started early – when Valley native son Creigh Deeds declared his candidacy for the…
VDOT road work schedule
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Here is an updated list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert…
WMRA needs your help to get through tough times
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It was “pretty obvious” by early December that the short-term budget hole that WMRA was in was not like any other that Tom DuVal had experienced in his 13 years as the general manager at the public-radio station. It’s just basic math, really. Listener support has generally held steady, which you might not expect at…
Bonnie Price Lofton | Gaza tragedy calls to mind Holocaust stories
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A half-dozen years ago, Rania Kharma of Gaza was my classmate, earning a master’s degree in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, a peace-oriented college in Harrisonburg. In October, 2007, Rania wrote me and others she knew at EMU to ask for our help in breaking “the siege on Gaza.”
Videocast | McAuliffe enters the race
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination candidate Terry McAuliffe was in Harrisonburg Thursday morning as part of his statewide campaign kickoff tour. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 3:34.
McAuliffe brings energy, economic focus to Dem race
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Terry McAuliffe likes to say that he knows what it takes to create jobs. He started young, creating his first job for himself at age 14. “I’d been carrying golf bags for five hours, and I was walking home, I was depressed. I figured I’d thrown my life away. I’d only made five dollars,” said…
Paraguay or bust
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Lars Akerson and Jonathan Spicher are well aware of the major challenge, risk and unknowns facing them, but they feel confident that they’ll persevere “with God’s protection and the support of family and friends.” Akerson, 22, of Harrisonburg, and Spicher, 20, of Lancaster, Pa., will depart Tuesday morning, Jan. 6, from Virginia Mennonite Conference headquarters…
