Staunton: Consulting firm works to integrate gender equity into productions of Shakespeare
In marriage, owning land, voting, reproductive rights and working, women have fought the fight for gender equity for a long time.
In marriage, owning land, voting, reproductive rights and working, women have fought the fight for gender equity for a long time.
Dr. Garett Smith will retire from Staunton Schools as superintendent, a career he never imagined as a student at UVA.

An AFP reader with stage 4 colorectal cancer was told she was exposed to the measles virus after being admitted to the emergency department at UVA Health University Medical Center to be treated for pneumonia last week.
A Charlottesville teenager who recently travelled internationally has been confirmed to have the second measles case of the year in Virginia.
Waynesboro School Board approved a contract with Kjellstrom and Lee Construction for the next phase of renovations at Waynesboro High School.
A march and rally to push back against proposed Medicaid and Medicare cuts took place on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Washington & Lee University English professor Lesley Wheeler will hold a local launch for her new book of poetry, Mycocosmic, on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Downtown Books in Lexington.

The University of Virginia is now committing to a mid-March public release of the external review into the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting that killed three UVA Football players.
Washington & Lee University, on Sunday, will host the 13th annual Souper Bowl, a fundraiser for Campus Kitchen at W&L’s Backpack Program.
VMI alum Erik S. Siebert was sworn in on Tuesday as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he will oversee a staff of approximately 300 prosecutors, civil litigators, and support personnel.
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