JMU, EMU welcome Tutu to Valley

Jim Bishop

Story by Jim Bishop Visiting Harrisonburg on Friday, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu received a quilt made by two Mennonite sisters, literature on peace and justice by Eastern Mennonite University faculty and news about the role of EMU students and alumni in promoting peace and reconciliation around the world. At a mid-morning tree-planting ceremony at James…

Third Fridays on tap in Waynesboro

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham The Third Fridays concert series in Downtown Waynesboro is back this coming Friday night with a performance by Molimo. The acoustic-rock band is made up of members Jim McAvoy, Kevin Crowe, RW Smith and Tom Serrano. The concert will be held in the former Radio Shack building in Willow Oak Plaza…

Is the Valley safer?

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., were a wakeup call for those involved in the emergency-services community in the Shenandoah Valley. “The big thing that came out of 9/11 was the thought that, hey, we’ve got to look at our policies and…

The battle for the heart and soul of the GOP

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   For a brief moment or two after the 2006 midterm elections, it had seemed that the Republican Party was perhaps going off its ideological moorings. The talk was reaching the level of near-clamor regarding how the GOP was going to have to consider retreating from the right-wing conservative…