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The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV) is a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley.

The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV) is a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley.

Gov. Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Values Act, making Virginia the first state in the South to enact comprehensive protections for the LGBTQ community against discrimination in housing, employment, public spaces, and credit applications.

Gov. Ralph Northam today signed several gun violence prevention measures into law, including legislation to enact an Extreme Risk Protective Order, require background checks on all gun sales, mandate reporting of lost and stolen firearms.

Sophomore industrial design students at JMU are working with others to handmake hundreds of fabric face masks to distribute to healthcare workers and area fire departments.

The City of Harrisonburg is urging residents to utilize strict social distancing measures with the number of COVID-19 cases in the city and Rockingham County surpassing the 80 mark today.

Virginia State Police Trooper J. Joiner is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Thursday at 4:20 a.m. on Interstate 81 at the 244.6 mile-marker in Rockingham County.

It was Senior Day in second-round action of the Ultimate ACC Tournament.

Truck driving is a career like no other. It implies a commitment that few other jobs require. Because it not only provides you with income, as all jobs do but in this case, your job becomes your life and your life is your job.

In an effort to stay connected to the community the Harrisonburg Police Department is partnering with the other city departments to form a community convoy.

JMU students, their professor, JMU X-Labs, and local business and community partners are racing against the clock to help the Harrisonburg Farmers’ Market reopen on Saturday, April 11.
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