Kathleen Rogers and Jigar Shah: Moving capital and winning the debate on climate

AFP

Disasters from climate change are becoming more frequent and more severe – consider this year alone, with the devastating flooding in Pakistan, the Russian heat wave, an incredible ice chunk calving off of Greenland – and New York’s hottest summer on record. Governments are becoming exhausted dealing with these impacts and realizing that adapting to…

ACC Players of the Week

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Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…

ACC Players of the Week

AFP

Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…

Former EMU pastor dies

Jim Bishop

Truman H. Brunk, 79, a former campus pastor at Eastern Mennonite University died Friday, Oct. 8, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg. Brunk was born May 19, 1931 in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Truman and Ruth Smith Brunk. He grew up in the Denbigh community of Newport News, Va. Brunk joined the EMU…

Energy-efficiency improvements focus at Harrisonburg center

AFP

The Washington, D.C.,-based Linc Services LLC is working with Harrisonburg to complete energy-efficient improvements to the Cecil F. Gilkerson Community Activities Center. The building renovations, which began in early September and are scheduled for completion by mid-October, are projected to save the city more than $150,000 over the course of 15 years. “We’ve had a…

D.C. dance company to highlight Staunton Downtown Friday Night

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A contemporary dance company based in Washington, D.C., will headline the Staunton Downtown Friday Night event this week. pro ekoh dance, a contemporary dance company founded by Sara Hoke, features dancers Jilian Boelte, Rachel Forman, Lindsay Garrett, Sarah Gosselin, Megan Jeanne Kelly and Julia Vessey performing original dance pieces. The pro ekoh performances will be…

New online publication covering green issues launches today

AFP

Transition Voice launched today as the first magazine devoted to the subject of oil and fossil fuel depletion and what it means to the economy. The online publication will run news, analysis, and features to help families, communities, business leaders, and government officials better understand the challenge of finding affordable energy and the need for…

Shenandoah U. to join ODAC in '12-'13

Chris Graham

Shenandoah University is set to become the newest full-time member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, effective in all sponsored sports at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. The acceptance of Shenandoah’s application for admittance was ratified last week at an annual meeting of the ODAC’s presidents. “The colleges and universities in the Old…