
Chesapeake Conservancy welcomes new board members
Chesapeake Conservancy announced that Chief G. Anne Richardson, Thad Bench, and John J. Reynolds have been elected to the organization’s Board of Directors.

Chesapeake Conservancy announced that Chief G. Anne Richardson, Thad Bench, and John J. Reynolds have been elected to the organization’s Board of Directors.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in calling for the Senate to vote on House-passed spending bills that would reopen the government immediately.

The City of Waynesboro Economic Development and Tourism office has been awarded $55,000 in Marketing Leverage Program grants.

Waynesboro City Council approved a resolution Monday providing $1 million in incentives to the Virginia Museum of Natural History to build a Waynesboro campus downtown.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced the Restore Our Parks Act, bipartisan legislation to addressthe $12 billion maintenance backlog at the National Park Service (NPS).

There is more rain in the forecast, but roads are reopening after the devastating flooding that hit Central Virginia during the past several days.

Route 33 (Spotswood Trail), one of the only highways connecting Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, is open to traffic. The Virginia Department of Transportation completed cleanup and stabilization of slopes on the east side of the pass across Swift Run Gap and opened the road at 6:30 p.m.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks. The Staunton District consists of 11 counties from the Alleghany Highlands to the northern Shenandoah Valley.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the National Park Service Legacy Act.

Dr. Carol Nash, a professor and archaeologist at James Madison University, will speak at the Wayne Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
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