Detained professor: ‘I’ve seen lots of injustice, didn’t think it would happen to me’
An effort to silence those who don’t agree with the Trump administration is being challenged in court on behalf of a Georgetown professor.
An effort to silence those who don’t agree with the Trump administration is being challenged in court on behalf of a Georgetown professor.
There’s a lot of misinformation and fear in immigrant communities that is leading to mistrust of local law enforcement.
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, Mike Rounds and Cynthia Lummis introduced the China Financial Threat Mitigation Act.
The Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act would provide incentives to food providers to expand access to healthy foods.
I had just made it to the Hands Off! rally to protest the Trump/Musk administration being held in Downtown Staunton on Saturday when a young man in a jacked-up pick-up truck stopped in front of the rally crowd.
BWP and Associates continues to gather Staunton resident input via an online survey about what the community wants in a school superintendent.

Donald Trump’s USDA announced last month that it is canceling two Biden-era programs that provided more than $1 billion nationally for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers.
Who’s thinking about the mental health of the tens of thousands of federal healthcare workers laid off this week by the Trump/Musk administration to free up money for tax breaks for billionaires?
Every March, we celebrate Women’s History Month – a time to honor the trailblazers who fought for our rights and recognize how far we have come.
Climate STARR (Strategies for Trauma, Action, Resilience, & Regeneration) training in response to our climate crisis is being held at Eastern Mennonite University.
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