
Shenandoah Valley history written in textiles: Quilt exhibit offers insight
Little in the recorded history of Augusta County is as intimate and revealing as are the handmade quilts so carefully created by Valley women a century or more ago.

Little in the recorded history of Augusta County is as intimate and revealing as are the handmade quilts so carefully created by Valley women a century or more ago.

The midpoint of the 2015 General Assembly Session has passed. We are nearing crossover, the point when the Senate and House of Delegates must complete work on bills generated by its members. While the budget remains the focus, a number of controversial issues have come before the Senate thus far.

Virginia residents who may have been impacted by the cyber attack against Anthem, should be aware of scam email campaigns targeting current and former Anthem members.

Police use of license plate readers and other data collection technologies will be strictly limited if a bill by Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) becomes law.

Junior pitcher Jailyn Ford, who is coming off one of the best individual seasons in James Madison softball history a year ago, earned another preseason distinction this week, as she was named an espnW Preseason Second Team All-American.

This afternoon, at Democrats’ behest, the Senate adopted a series of strongly pro-environment amendments that resolved substantial issues with SB 1349.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

It’s been a rough week for ethics reform in the Virginia Senate. Earlier, Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment demonstrated his grave concern for the Commonwealth’s ethics issues by declaring them nothing more than a manufactured media crisis.

Sean Connaughton, President and CEO of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, states that the Commonwealth “must no longer ignore the growing fiscal challenges facing this dynamic and critical industry.”

This afternoon, House Bill 2321, a dangerous measure intended to ban abortion at 20 weeks in Virginia, was withdrawn after members of the House of Delegates Constitutional Law subcommittee questioned the bill’s substance and impact.
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