
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District to sponsor Winchester Junior Storm teams
Historic preservation, education initiatives, athletics and community engagement will make for a dynamic team this coming basketball season.

Historic preservation, education initiatives, athletics and community engagement will make for a dynamic team this coming basketball season.

The Blue Ridge Parkway announced Thursday that $710,035 will be directed to addressing critical repairs along the 469-mile corridor.

Bridgewater College is recognizing academic achievement during a week of activities dedicated to showcasing excellence. ASPIRE (A Celebration of the Arts, Scholarship, Performance, Innovation and Research Excellence), will be held Sunday, April 26 – Friday, May 1.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined George Mason University (GMU) President Ángel Cabrera on Thursday to launch the university’s Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, a multidisciplinary center that will pursue some of the toughest medical questions facing society.

Students from Ohio, New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia will construct and test wind turbines at the 2015 Eastern Regional KidWind Challenge on Saturday, April, 25 at James Madison University.

The overall economic impact of the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center is pegged at more than $616 million since the renovated hotel and new conference facility opened in 1995, according to a report by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission.

Governor McAuliffe today signed an executive order establishing the Virginia Environmental Literacy Challenge.

Bridgewater College’s ongoing mission to achieve environmental sustainability has earned it a place in the 2015 Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges.

The Created Equal Film Series is now in its second year at the Virginia Historical Society. It focuses on themes related to civil rights, human rights, and social justice in American history.

Sir Crispin Tickell, a former British diplomat with particular interest in the relationship between the environment, politics and business, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on May 5, at 5:30 p.m.in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library.
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