
New look for Convocation Center at JMU
An updated playing surface will be accompanied by a modernized look as JMU unveiled the official design for the Convocation Center basketball court.

An updated playing surface will be accompanied by a modernized look as JMU unveiled the official design for the Convocation Center basketball court.

Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is now at the forefront of identifying and educating military veterans pursuing the field of professional nursing.

Longwood University has been designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).

The Shenandoah Valley British Car Club will be holding its annual Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What am I saying when I say that Waynesboro has potential? For starters, that Waynesboro has empty buildings. That’s certainly part of it. Big buildings empty downtown. The old Kmart building out on West Main has been empty for 15 years.

Project GROWS, a non-profit educational farm located in Augusta County, will host its inaugural Harvest Party and Open Farm event on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Project GROWS farm site in Verona.

Lumos Networks Corp. (NASDAQ:LMOS), a leading provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure & IP Services in key mid-Atlantic markets, today launched its cloud-based hosted call center solution, which provides best-in-class Automated Call Distribution (ACD), Integrated Voice Response, and call reporting to help organizations manage call volumes more effectively and efficiently.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that “liking” a Facebook page constitutes protected speech under the First Amendment. The decision reversed the federal district court, which ruled that “liking” a Facebook page is “insufficient speech” to merit constitutional protection.

E.W. Jackson, Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, talked up on Tuesday his education plan, which would create greater educational opportunities for the Commonwealth’s children by providing greater choices to parents.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a slim 44 percent-41 percent lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in a tight Virginia governor’s race, according to a new poll released today by Quinnipiac University.
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