
Virginia Quilt Museum names new executive director
The Virginia Quilt Museum announced this week that Meegan Carr has been selected as its new executive director.

The Virginia Quilt Museum announced this week that Meegan Carr has been selected as its new executive director.

Saturday, December 8, 2012 Weyers Cave Community Center 7:30 – 10:30 a.m. Sponsored by: Weyers Cave Ruritan Club Come enjoy Pancakes, Sausage, Sausage Gravy, Biscuits, Juice and Coffee Cat-In-The-Hat will be there too! Free Gift from Santa for all the Kids! Bring Your Camera for a Picture with Santa! Donations appreciated but not required All…

An evening of heart-racing frights and spine-chilling experiences – all calculated to benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and the Bridgewater College Equestrian Club – will be on tap Saturday, Oct. 27, at the BC Equestrian Center from 8 p.m. until midnight.

Congressman Bob Goodlatte on Wednesday completed a two-day tour regarding the impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard, also known as the ethanol mandate, on local livestock producers, food producers, and other businesses.

You don’t see 90 percent of what goes on at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. “Many times when businesses, companies and individuals are looking at investing in the region, they’re going to arrive through the airport. They’re not going to take the bus to town. That’s the old saying. They’ll arrive on an aircraft. We see ourselves as being the front door to the community and ambassadors for the community, and we take that responsibility very seriously,” said Greg Campbell, the executive director at SHD.

The Augusta County Service Authority, which provides water and sewer service to over 14,000 water customers and over 8,000 sewer customers, will not be increasing water and sewer rates for the next fiscal year. Neither hook-up nor availability fees will see increases in the upcoming fiscal year – July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Gov. Bob McDonnell signed agriculture and forestry development legislation passed during the recently concluded 2012 session of the General Assembly

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists…

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists…
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