
American National University in Charlottesville announces 2014 grads
The Charlottesville campus of American National University (www.an.edu) has announced the graduates in the class of 2014.

The Charlottesville campus of American National University (www.an.edu) has announced the graduates in the class of 2014.

We just got a jobs report today showing that we’ve now seen the fastest job growth in the United States in the first half of the year since 1999.

The Lynchburg Hillcats fended off constant threats from the Carolina Mudcats, allowing just four runs on 12 hits, but lost 4-2 at Five County Stadium.

The McAuliffe Administration announced the members and first meeting date for Virginia’s Standards of Learning Innovation Committee.

Another year, another challenging schedule for the EMU field hockey team. Coach Brenda Bechler released Eastern Mennonite’s 2014 slate today, which will push her women but will also let them lean on the home crowd.

It is hard to believe that only five short years ago, the national average price for a gallon of gas was $2.35 compared to $3.68 today.

The EMU men’s soccer team announced their 2014 schedule today, with the season opener slated for August 29. The Royals have a 19-game slate lined up, including 10 home games in Harrisonburg.

We know from our history our economy doesn’t grow from the top down; it grows from the middle out. We do better when you’ve got some construction workers on the job. They then go to a restaurant and they buy a new car. That means the workers there start doing better.

Governor McAuliffe visited First Landing State Park on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach to sign Executive Order 19, convening the Governor’s Climate Change and Resiliency Update Commission.

AccuWeather reports a disturbance near Florida is forecast to strengthen and drift northward along the East Coast this week, spreading rough surf, gusty winds and drenching downpours.