Harrisonburg: Friday night fire causes $190,000 in damage, displaces family
A Friday night fire in Harrisonburg caused $190,000 in damage and displaced a family of five.
A Friday night fire in Harrisonburg caused $190,000 in damage and displaced a family of five.
Mike Hollins won’t want to hear it, but he’s a hero on the level of the firefighters who ran into the World Trade Center on 9/11.

The Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), both of which unfairly reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for millions of Americans who were public service employees.
The Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Charlottesville Fire Departments will unite to honor and remember the lives lost on the September 11 terrorist attacks with a stair climb event at Monticello High School.

Between retirements and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in Waynesboro and the industry changing with compensation for police, the Waynesboro Police Department is 20 percent down in staff. Ten police officer positions are open, as well as office positions.
In the presence of a giant sequoia, there is no lack of wonder. There is settling stillness as eyes lift to these giants’ amorphous yet signature crowns.

Law enforcement officers who serve on the front lines and suffer from PTSD will now be entitled to disability benefits after the U.S. Senate passed a bill by unanimous vote to expand benefits to officers and their families.
The Harrisonburg Fire Department’s Fire Museum, closed for some time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed self-guided tours this week.

A late, ninth-inning comeback by the Richmond Flying Squirrels was smothered as they fell, 3-2, against the Bowie Baysox on Saturday night at The Diamond.

A majority of the U.S. House voted to pass the William Collins Jet Fuel Exposure Recognition Act on Wednesday.
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