Blue Ridge Area Food Bank launches summer meals for kids program
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School’s out for summer, which means that one in seven kids in K-12 schools in Virginia lose access to free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch.
Search Results for Nelson County
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Local equine rescue group highlights ASPCA® Adopt a Horse Month
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The Nelson County-based Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue is participating in the sixth annual ASPCA® Adopt a Horse Month, a nationwide adoption event taking place throughout the month of May to help more equines find loving homes.
Spotswood grad Daryl Irvine was teammates with Curry, pitched for Boston Red Sox
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Hall of Famer Billy Wagner shares a few things in common with Harrisonburg native and former Spotswood High School star Daryl Irvine – both starred in college at Ferrum, both pitched in The Show and each spent time with the Boston Red Sox.
How did last night’s shooter get that close to Trump with an arsenal of weapons?
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This is now the third time that the Secret Service has flubbed big time at doing even the basics to keep a guy with a gun and ill intent from getting close to Donald Trump.
Can a newspaper have no reporters and still be a newspaper?
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The News Virginian exists, in name, but in name only, and it’s sad for me to see, because that’s where my journalism career started, way back in 1995.
‘Yes!’ wins in congressional redistricting referendum: It ain’t over, though
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The “Yes” side won in a closer-than-expected congressional redistricting referendum in Virginia, with the final count on Tuesday night giving “Yes” 51.4 percent of the vote, for a 2.8-point win over “No.”
Update: Richmond Police apprehend suspect in triple-shooting on Fifth Avenue
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The victim who died at the scene of the domestic-related shootings in the 3100 block of Fifth Avenue this morning has been identified, and the suspect has been apprehended.
AR-15s, iced paintball: Locals post online threats to Staunton No Kings protesters
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An AFP reader shared with us a Facebook thread in which two people posted threats of violence to people planning to attend the No Kings rally in Staunton on Saturday.
What are we accomplishing with No Kings? Nothing locally, that’s for sure
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Local Democrats, and Democrats nationwide, will hold their first mass anti-Trump No Kings protest of 2026 this weekend. And what will we accomplish? Asking for a friend, because I’m not sure we’re getting much of value out of these things.
No Kings: Local events, locations, times for March 28 anti-Trump regime protests
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Good move by the local organizing committee for our next No Kings protest, which will be held next Saturday, March 28, in and around the Gypsy Hill Park Bandstand in Staunton, a few blocks away from downtown.
