
McConnell to states, localities: Bankuptcy is your best option
The political fight over COVID-19 response has a new front – at the state and local government level.

The political fight over COVID-19 response has a new front – at the state and local government level.

How many government incursions into our freedoms have been blacked out, buried under “entertainment” news headlines, or spun in such a way as to suggest that anyone voicing a word of caution is paranoid or conspiratorial?

Last week’s “500 Bases of Love” and “Bring it Home” fundraisers by the Richmond Flying Squirrels and Sports Radio 910 The Fan raised more than $30,000 for COVID-19 relief.

Just because we’re fighting an unseen enemy in the form of a virus doesn’t mean we have to relinquish every shred of our humanity, our common sense, or our freedoms to a nanny state that thinks it can do a better job of keeping us safe.

The Harrisonburg City Hall and all other municipal buildings will close to the public on Thursday, March 26, as part of the City’s response to COVID-19.

Harrisonburg City Manager Eric D. Campbell has named Deputy Chief Steve Morris to the position of interim fire chief of the Harrisonburg

Albemarle County is looking at revising its annual budget process to accommodate directives aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.

Furnace Mountain Trail, Trayfoot Mountain Trail and Madison Run Fire Road have re-opened following the containment of the Furnace Mountain fire.

Staunton firefighter Adam Dolan was named the Virginia Career Firefighter of the Year in an announcement of the 2019 Governor’s Fire Service Awards.

The Virginia Department of Fire Programs has been awarded $1.2 million in grants from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.
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