
‘The Sandlot,” fireworks show at The Diamond on Oct. 17
The Richmond Flying Squirrels continue their Movies in the Outfield series with a showing of “The Sandlot” and a special fireworks show on Saturday, Oct. 17.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels continue their Movies in the Outfield series with a showing of “The Sandlot” and a special fireworks show on Saturday, Oct. 17.

For the second year, James Madison University is partnering with the Harrisonburg Fire Department and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to “Light the Night” for fallen firefighters.

The Virginia Department of Fire Programs has been awarded $282,000 in federal grant funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Charlottesville Fire Department responded to reports of smoke and fire at Hydraulic Wash Laundromat located at 2405 Hydraulic Road on Monday at 2:05 p.m.

Albemarle County Fire Rescue was recently awarded a $1.9 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant to hire and train 10 full-time firefighters.

The Harrisonburg Fire Department is warning residents after a phone scammer posing as the fire department tried to solicit money from a local resident.

While some fires in some places might be beneficial, the wholesale torching of the forests of the American West right now is far from beneficial overall.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, died Friday evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.

Andrew Yang, the former Democratic Party presidential nomination candidate, now being talked about as a possible Secretary of Labor in a Joe Biden administration, is also a hardcore pro wrestling fan. That could be bad news for Vince McMahon and WWE.

A team of Harrisonburg firefighters who rescued a family from carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this year, and a battalion chief who has dedicated his career to saving lives through the prevention of fires, were recently recognized for their efforts to protect the community.
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