
Waynesboro City Council candidate forum set for April 26
The Wayne Theatre and The News Virginian are co-sponsoring a Waynesboro City Council candidate forum set for Thursday, April 26, beginning at 7 p.m.

The Wayne Theatre and The News Virginian are co-sponsoring a Waynesboro City Council candidate forum set for Thursday, April 26, beginning at 7 p.m.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a group of 37 senators in introducing a resolution calling for the immediate resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

The VCU Wilder School’s Center for Public Policy and the Virginia secretary of public safety and homeland security are sponsoring a forum on school safety on April 23 that will examine how officials can best assess, investigate and resolve potential threats as well as the evolving role of school resource officers.

During Child Abuse Prevention Month Families Forward Virginia, the state chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, highlights prevention programs which strengthen families so all children experience safe, nurturing childhoods.

Legislators, policy experts, and health care representatives will take questions from the public on the proposal to expand Virginia’s Medicaid program. The community forum — sponsored by AARP Virginia, the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, and the Healthcare for All Virginians coalition — will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4,

The Joint Democratic Committees of Augusta County, Waynesboro and Staunton are sponsoring an informative program with Augusta Health’s executive management as speakers.

Central Virginia landowners can learn more about actively managing their forest lands during the ninth annual Forest Landowners’ Retreat, to be held March 16-18 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.

Ben Cline, Republican candidate for Virginia’s Sixth District congressional seat, announced today that Mike Rubino, the Virginia State Director for President Donald Trump’s campaign, has endorsed his candidacy.

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has signed on as a cosponsor to H.R. 4810, the Making Available Plans to Promote Investment in Next Generation Networks without Overlapping and Waste (MAPPING NOW) Act.

Every year, the University of Virginia’s Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity, along with dozens of UVA departments and offices, partners with local organizations to offer a variety of events that echo and continue the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work.
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