Local animal shelter faces emergency situation with new cat intakes
The Staunton Augusta Waynesboro Animal Shelter is in an emergency situation with respect to the number of cats currently in its care.
The Staunton Augusta Waynesboro Animal Shelter is in an emergency situation with respect to the number of cats currently in its care.
The New Market Rebels had to back out of participation in the 2026 Valley League playoffs, because the summer college team wasn’t going to be able to field a team.
Online casinos might soon be legalized in Augusta County because Virginia lawmakers have been aggressively working to pass statewide internet gaming legislation.
If you walk along the path on the north side of the North River in Bridgewater, just west of the Route 42/South Main Street bridge, you come across the plaque of one of the town’s most prominent citizens over the last 50 years.
VDOT has updated its schedule for road construction and maintenance, and this is what we have on the schedule locally for the week of July 20-24.
Four former players in the Rockingham County Baseball League have appeared in a regular-season game in the Major Leagues this year.
The Virginia DEQ has issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for our local area for Friday, with the Air Quality Index in the “Very Unhealthy” range as a result of smoke wafting down from Canadian wildfires.
A portion of Route 828 (Cattle Scales Road) in Augusta County will close to through traffic from Monday, July 13, to Thursday, July 23.
The Democratic Party committees in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro are hosting a free screening of the documentary film “Lightworkers” at Visulite Cinema in Downtown Staunton on Saturday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed a court brief in support of challengers to the Virginia DEQ approval of an air permit for Dominion Energy’s proposed new fossil fuel power plant in Chesterfield County.
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