
Summer Jam at Massanutten
Summer Jam at Massanutten is now just days away. The bands are rehearsing for the show. The vendors are getting ready. The Resort is preparing.

Summer Jam at Massanutten is now just days away. The bands are rehearsing for the show. The vendors are getting ready. The Resort is preparing.

You don’t want to miss the 34th annual Summer Extravaganza celebration! Bring the whole family to Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro for a day full of good, family fun. There will be arts & crafts vendors from around the state, and a variety of entertainment including cloggers, magicians, pony rides, hot air balloon rides, live music, and lots of great food!

Traffic accidents or burns from fireworks may not be the greatest risk you’ll face on the 4th of July. Your biggest enemy could be the food you consume if you don’t handle, prepare and store it safely. Warm weather is a contributing factor, and sanitation can be tricky away from your own kitchen.

The Lynchburg Hillcats used two home runs to power past the Winston-Salem Dash, 5-4, Friday night at City Stadium to open the second half of the Carolina League season.

Olivia Haimani with RMH Senior Advantage, and Erin Stehle of the Harrisonburg Fire Department, presented a home safety program to Timberville Broadway Senior Center on Tuesday, June 11.

One man is dead after shots were fired at a residence in Afton. Virginia State Police are assisting the Albemarle County Police Department with investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting Saturday morning (June 8, 2013).

Federal investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and other agencies are still sifting through the debris in West, Texas to determine why a fire in a fertilizer plant ignited an explosion of ammonium nitrate that killed at least 14 people, injured more than 200, and destroyed two schools, a nursing home, and dozens of homes.

Valley Fourth, Harrisonburg’s quintessential 4th of July celebration, is seeking entries for the annual “Get Outdoors” Parade. The parade will be held on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. along Main Street in Downtown Harrisonburg.

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance announced this week that The Steel Wheels as this year’s Grand Marshals of the Valley Fourth Parade. The “Get Outdoors” themed parade takes place Thursday, July 4, leaving from the Rockingham County Administration Building at 6pm and marching south to the City Municipal Building.

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling today announced the Virginia Mainstream Project’s support of candidates in several contested Republican primaries this month. Bolling recently created the VMP in part to focus on electing mainstream, conservative Republicans to public office.
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