
Augusta Health recognizes top nurses
Most folks, when asked to describe nurses, will use the words ‘caring, compassionate and gentle’ or ‘reliable, stead and there when you need them.’ That vocabulary list should also include, ‘life-long learners’.

Most folks, when asked to describe nurses, will use the words ‘caring, compassionate and gentle’ or ‘reliable, stead and there when you need them.’ That vocabulary list should also include, ‘life-long learners’.

Left-hander Jack Snodgrass returned to form and led the Richmond Flying Squirrels (6-17) to their third straight win over the Altoona Curve, 4-1, on Wednesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

As many as 140 protesters from across Virginia and Maryland greeted Dominion Resources executives and board members arriving for the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday morning, in a sign of the growing citizen backlash over the company’s dirty energy investments and dirty politics.

In the heart of what corporate wine industry lobbyists have re-branded “Wine Country,” activists from four North Coast California counties gathered in early May for their third monthly meeting. They created a regional network of groups from Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino counties.

As the River City Radio Hour nears the end of this 2014-15 season, it packs the May performance with talent. Jazz chanteuse Nadine Chase, country singer Brian Buchanan, poet/composer David Young (aka Duffy), humorist Marsha Howard, the renown Boogie Kings, and a new serial Ladies of the Library will be combined in a 90-minute performance.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (5-17) bounced back after losing a six-run lead to drop the Altoona Curve, 10-7, on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.

Richmond men’s basketball has signed 6-3 guard Jesse Pistokache for the 2015 class. Pistokache comes to Richmond from Johnson Ferry Christian Academy (Marietta, Ga.), where he played for his senior year of high school.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-17) snapped a franchise-record 15-game slide with a, 5-1, victory over the Altoona Curve (15-7) at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Monday night.

The New Britain Rock Cats once again stormed from behind to stun the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 8-6, on Sundayafternoon at New Britain Stadium.

Wild Virginia, the Sierra Club and JMU are teaming up to bring you a special screening of the new film Won’t Pipe Down by four students at James Madison University about the fight against the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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