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Staunton has once again been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the 22nd year the City has earned this award, thanks to its efforts to make the care and planting of trees a priority.
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A major milestone has been achieved for workforce development in the Shenandoah Valley. Another step has been taken in the consolidation of state and federally-funded workforce development functions into a single American Job Center at the Valley Workforce Center in Harrisonburg.
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The James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance in partnership with JMU’s Office of Disability Services and The Arc of Harrisonburg and Rockingham welcomes the award-winning theatre company Blue Apple from Winchester, England, to JMU for a four-day residency from April 11-14.
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As part of the development of a first-of-its-kind Regional Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and to help update the Central Shenandoah Valley All Hazards Mitigation Plan, the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC)’s Regional All Hazards Mitigation Plan Committee is requesting public input via an online survey.
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During Child Abuse Prevention Month Families Forward Virginia, the state chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, highlights prevention programs which strengthen families so all children experience safe, nurturing childhoods.
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When University of Virginia alumna Sharon L. Wood was about 8 years old, her father, a civil engineer, took her to a construction site where he was working.
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Shenandoah University’s English Department and the Willa Cather Endowment will host “Writing for Computer Games,” a discussion featuring award-winning science fiction writer and computational linguist Tracy Canfield.
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Carrie Morgridge, vice president and chief disruptor of the Morgridge Family Foundation, will provide the Bridgewater College 2018 commencement address on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m.
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Attorney General Mark Herring filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from undermining the 2020 decennial census with a “poison pill” citizenship inquiry that the U.S. Census Bureau has said is likely to depress response and compromise the accuracy of the census.
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Implementing tariffs unilaterally on China exposes the U.S. to retaliatory tariffs that could rocket the United States into a trade war with China, says Virginia Tech expert Jason Grant.
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