
EMU program helps people deal with traumas
Story by Jim Bishop A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six years.

Story by Jim Bishop A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six years.

Column by Jim Bishop “Here we are . . . after all these years …” Ann Cochran warbles in her musical ode to a couple who’ve stuck together through thick and thin.

Story by Chris Graham High gasoline prices are hitting everybody where it hurts – from people cutting back on vacations to businesses cutting back on seminars and conferences and other nonessential travel. But … college sports?

Column by Chris Graham It might just be me – but it does seem to me that it only makes sense to have a website up and running if you’re, say, running a business, or running a political campaign, or running a nonprofit, right?

Story by Chris Graham WVPT’s financial woes have led to more changes in the local program lineup.

Column by Chris Graham I figured the news was coming. “And I’m sorry that it’s bad news,” said Richard Parker, the interim general manager at WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television, who confirmed what I had been suspecting for the past couple of weeks, that my WVPT TV show, “Virginia Viewpoints,” had been canceled.

Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop Whether motoring up or down the grade, it’s rather hard to miss the striking sign for Weavers Mennonite Church along heavily-traveled Rt. 33 just beyond the Harrisonburg, Va., city limits.

Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop “My heart is achin’, for you, Mr. Lee, My heart is achin’, for you, Mr. Lee, He’s the handsomest sweetie That you’ll ever see … ” Often, upon encountering Lee Eshleman, I would bop up to him singing lines from the Bobbettes’ 1957 musical ditty, “Mr. Lee.” For a…

The Top Story by Chris Graham The Democratic Party targeted the 26th House District seat being left open by the retirement of Republican incumbent Glenn Weatherholtz, and for good reason – namely, a win by Democrat Lowell Fulk would give the party a plum seat in a GOP stronghold in Rockingham County and the city…

Story by Chris Graham New Directions isn’t giving up on the idea of being able to operate a shelter for abused women in Waynesboro.
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