
New voter-ID law will be in effect for November elections
A new state law requiring voters to present identification at the polls to ensure that their votes will be counted will be in effect for the November elections

A new state law requiring voters to present identification at the polls to ensure that their votes will be counted will be in effect for the November elections

August 2012 event calendar for Stone Soup Books and Cafe in Waynesboro

James Madison University Athletics Director Jeff Bourne has announced the hiring of Mickey Dean to serve as the Dukes’ head softball coach. Dean, a native of the Central Shenandoah Valley, has spent the past six seasons leading the Radford University softball program to unprecedented success. He also brings professional and international coaching experience to the JMU softball program

Dr. Rodney Graber, a noninvasive cardiologist, has joined Augusta Health Cardiology in Fishersville. Dr. Graber’s specialties are echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and pacemaker devices

On Friday, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, volunteered at the Remote Area Medical Clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds

David Krieger, DO, MPH, MBA, a specialist in occupational medicine, has joined Augusta Health as the medical director of the new Occupational Health program. The Fishersville hospital also announced the addition of Michael Layne, M.D., an internal medicine physician, as a hospitalist

Politicians speaking at outdoor events on a pretty day invariably and jokingly take credit for the weather. But no one has stepped up to take credit for the weather lately. Records are being broken; new highs are being set

Longtime Virginia orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank C. McCue III passed away Sunday. He was 82 years old. McCue headed up the sports medicine program for the University of Virginia athletic department for more than 40 years

The Waynesboro Generals announce that legendary Valley League coach Mike Bocock has been added to the coaching staff. Bocock will serve as associate head coach under Coach Derek McDaniel for the remainder of the 2012 season, and will assume duties as head coach following the season

The University of Virginia won .646 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in 2011-12 to win the 34th annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship. This is the Cavaliers 14th overall title, fifth straight and seventh in the last nine years
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