
LAUNCH HARRISONBURG aimed at startup business community
LAUNCH HARRISONBURG, powered by CO.STARTERS, a nine-week program that saw its first class of 14 aspiring entrepreneurs graduate earlier this year, will return in October.

LAUNCH HARRISONBURG, powered by CO.STARTERS, a nine-week program that saw its first class of 14 aspiring entrepreneurs graduate earlier this year, will return in October.

The People’s Equality Commission of the Shenandoah Valley in partnership with the Harrisonburg Police Department announce their second meet-and-greet.

There will be a free COVID-19 testing event in Harrisonburg on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds.

There will be a free COVID-19 testing event on Friday, Sept. 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Hillandale Park in Harrisonburg.

Community leaders in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County and at JMU are highlighting local efforts to combat a recent increase in COVID-19 cases.

Harrisonburg Police Department Deputy Chief Gabriel Camacho has been named as interim police chief, and will officially step into the role on Sept. 12.

Starting Wednesday, Sept. 2, westbound and eastbound traffic on Mosby Road will notice a change in the left-turn signal.

An update to two key City of Harrisonburg ordinances is underway, as city staff works to make the documents more streamlined, clear and user-friendly.

The Harrisonburg Rockingham Living Wage Campaign, a project of the Richmond-based Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, continues to work to inspire businesses to pay employees a living wage in order to keep them out of poverty and homelessness.

Harrisonburg Fire Department firefighters are used to getting calls to rescue pets, but it’s not often they get the chance to stop and play with them.
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