
Community Foundation scholarship deadline approaching
The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge is currently accepting scholarship applications from seniors attending high schools in Staunton, Waynesboro and counties of Augusta and Nelson.

The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge is currently accepting scholarship applications from seniors attending high schools in Staunton, Waynesboro and counties of Augusta and Nelson.

Albemarle County officials joined representatives from the Jefferson Madison Regional Library at a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the new Northside Library project on Monday.

The 3.2-Mile Run in Remembrance to honor and remember 32 individuals who lost their lives on April 16, 2007, is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 18 on the Virginia Tech campus.

510nano Incorporated, a developer of renewable energy projects and technologies, will invest $11 million to relocate its headquarters and establish a manufacturing operation in Greensville County.

The rivers and communities of the Potomac Highlands region across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia have realized a wide variety of benefits from an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program, according to a report released today by American Rivers.

James I. Robertson Jr. – one of the nation’s most distinguished Civil War historians – will headline the eighth annual Bridgewater College Civil War Institute on Saturday, March 21.

In a sport where fractions of a second can be the difference in victory and defeat, NASCAR’s open test dates are critical to teams looking to gain any advantage over the competition.

Orthopedics This Week has named UVA Health System orthopedic surgeon David B. Weiss, MD, among 19 of the best orthopedic trauma surgeons in North America.

Scott Gronert, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar award to work with researchers in France on a new process that could help surgeons more accurately remove cancerous cells.

Working with partners around the commonwealth, Virginia Tech is poised to help feed a growing world population while assisting the agriculture and forestry industries around the state to flourish and become global leaders, Virginia Tech President Timothy D. Sands said this week.
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