
Waynesboro library exhibit highlights Black Americans in struggle for equality
Anne Spencer was born in 1882. A poet and civil rights activist, she was part of what would come to be called the Negro Renaissance in the 1920s in Lynchburg.

Anne Spencer was born in 1882. A poet and civil rights activist, she was part of what would come to be called the Negro Renaissance in the 1920s in Lynchburg.

Harrisonburg received two state honors through the Department of Housing and Community Development’s annual awards program.

Here’s Climate Action Alliance of the Valley’s second December 2021 roundup.

More than 40,000 residents in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro have now been fully vaccinated at Augusta Health COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

During the three-day, 130-mile bike ride through Highland County, Augusta County and Nelson County, 20th District Democratic nominee Randall Wolf will make multiple stops to visit and speak with voters.

Gov. Ralph Northam is inviting Virginia students, educators and families to participate in the second annual Black History Month Historical Marker Contest, which kicks off on Monday.

Two years ago today, Feb. 1, 2019, we were first confronted with the medical school yearbook photo of Gov. Ralph Northam and a friend, one in blackface, the other in a KKK robe and hood.

All Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles full-service customer service centers will be closed on the following days for state holidays and observances.

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced Tuesday the formation of the ACC’s Committee for Racial and Social Justice.

Twenty newly approved state historical highway markers will address topics of national, state, and regional significance in Virginia’s African American history.
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