
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce presents women’s power conference
The Women of Influence Network Summit will take place at Mary Baldwin University on Tuesday, April 24th from 11:30 pm – 5:00 pm.

The Women of Influence Network Summit will take place at Mary Baldwin University on Tuesday, April 24th from 11:30 pm – 5:00 pm.

Pine Bluff Pool will host Parkerfest, a May 20 event promising to draw hundreds with its line-up of popular food trucks, bands, vendors, and support of Parker Staples, a Pine Bluff Pool member and the 9-year old son of Jamie and Jessica Staples of Waynesboro recently diagnosed with lymphoma.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Waynesboro, Augusta County and parts of the Shenandoah Valley overnight into Tuesday.

The Baltimore Orioles are off to a 5-11 start in 2018. The lineup isn’t producing, the starting rotation isn’t doing much behind Dylan Bundy and Andrew Cashner. Chris Graham and Scott German offer insight and analysis on the O’s.

SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues in April with a reading by poets Susan Facknitz, Stan Galloway, Leona Sevick, Michael Trocchia, and Lesley Wheeler

The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announced its Youth Philanthropy Council has completed its work in reviewing applications for $25,000 in competitive grants to nine nonprofit organizations serving local youth in the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro, and Augusta County.

Rod Mullins joins Chris Graham to break down this weekend’s action at Bristol Motor Speedway. Rod tells us to expect an intense weekend filled with sparks, drama, tension, and more as NASCAR returns to the hills of East Tennessee for the Food City 500 beginning at 2:00 PM on Sunday afternoon.

A major milestone has been achieved for workforce development in the Shenandoah Valley. Another step has been taken in the consolidation of state and federally-funded workforce development functions into a single American Job Center at the Valley Workforce Center in Harrisonburg.

The Wicked Folly Tour has completed its tour, traveling across 17 states, producing over 50 performances at 33 venues, and reaching nearly 17,000 audience members. Now the troupe returns to Staunton to present the American Shakespeare Center’s Spring Season. Performances begin at the Blackfriars Playhouse April 11.

Two men have been charged in connection with reports of gunshots fired near a Staunton elementary school that led to a lockdown at the school on Monday.
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