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– State News: Kaine announces results of proposed revisions to special education, Thursday, 5:05 p.m. – Capitol Hill: Perriello applauds action on vets, health care, Thursday, 5:05 p.m. – Local News: Another church break-in in Waynesboro, Thursday, 2 p.m. – Health and Fitness: Yoga students take the Challenge, Thursday, 9:10 a.m. – On Campus: GAO…
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The April 26 Waynesboro Omnium bike race will go on as scheduled, but the resolution to the issues raised by Vice Mayor Frank Lucente regarding the downtown event did not come without more in the way of procedural drama. “I think all the problems have been resolved, and I’m prepared to vote for this bike…
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NBC-29 reporter Matt Talhelm interviewed 25th House District nomination candidates Greg Marrow and Jim Noel for a story that appeared on the evening news Tuesday night. The full interviews are available online. The AFP transcribed the interviews to present the answers from the candidates side by side.
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– Notes from the Press: AFP editor a guest on WINA today, Wednesday, 3:35 p.m. – Local News: Bridge replacement detours in Craigsville, Wednesday, 10 a.m. – Local News: JMU psychology professor named a Virginia Woman in History
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– Local News: Waynesboro PD investing breaking and entering at church, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Local News: Pyles to host town hall, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Local News: Food Bank faces rising demand, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Local News: Staunton PD looking for missing juvenile, Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: Land ecosystems pioneer to…
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A mix of professional and celebrity amateur chefs will be dishing their favorites St. Patrick’s Day at the 10th annual Taste of the Town sponsored by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. Irish music provided by Scruffy Murphy will serve as the backdrop for the food sampling, which features defending Taste of the Town champion Chris Faris…
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More bad news on the news-media front. Media General announced last week that it is closing its Washington, D.C., news bureau on March 27. “We very much regret having to take this step,” said Graham Woodlief, president of the Publishing Division at Media General, the parent company of The News Virginian in Waynesboro.
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– Local News: Project to help homeless in Harrisonburg, Monday, 1:45 p.m. – Local Events: Temple to host Holocaust remembrance, Monday, 1:45 p.m. – Local News: Wellness Fair at EMU, Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, Monday, 10:10 a.m.
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Waynesboro’s unemployment rate shot past the 9 percent barrier in January, and unemployment across the Greater Augusta region was up significantly across the board, according to data released by the Virginia Employment Commission on Friday. But continue reading below the fold here, because I think I might have noticed something unusual, to say the least,…
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Waynesboro author Inman Majors will be signing copies of his new novel, The Millionaires, on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at Blue Mountain Coffees in Downtown Staunton. Proceeds from the sales of The Millionaires, a story of the rise and fall of two banking brothers who make a run at the Tennessee governor’s office in the…
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