
CAPSAW releases 2020 Community Needs Assessment Survey
CAPSAW – the Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta, and Waynesboro – wants your input on local needs through its 2020 Community Needs Assessment Survey.

CAPSAW – the Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta, and Waynesboro – wants your input on local needs through its 2020 Community Needs Assessment Survey.

2020 has been quite a year. The world is passing through a previously unreleased event and even Augusta County hasn’t managed to escape unscathed. But it’s not all bad news.

If it was not enough for small businesses to be suffering due to the pandemic, now they are threatened by an attack on our democracy.

Workplace discrimination is a sad reality that many people are still experiencing today. Unfortunately, most of these individuals don’t even know it is happening.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, with the support of Kroger, can double the impact of donors who make an online gift at brafb.org, allowing supporters to make their GivingTuesday a Giving FoodDay.

Funding authorized by the CARES Act to make broadband more accessible is set to expire on Dec. 30.

How is it possible, in this Year of our COVID-19, that a college basketball game involving the #4 team in the country is only available by paying $30 to something called FloHoops?

Gov. Ralph Northam last week announced Industrial Revitalization Fund awards for the towns of Vinton, Warsaw, and Wytheville, totaling more than $1.4 million.

State Sen. Bill DeSteph is pressing Gov. Ralph Northam to address ongoing issues at the Virginia Employment Commission, including a backlog of tens of thousands of unprocessed unemployment claims.

The House voted Friday to pass legislation focused on strengthening apprenticeship programs and expanding workforce development opportunities.
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