
Senior Health Fair at Price Rotary Senior Center
Price Rotary Senior Center served as a host site for a Senior Health Fair on Monday April 15th. Whitney Meyerhoeffer, with SouthernCare Hospice, coordinated the vendors and publicity for this event.

Price Rotary Senior Center served as a host site for a Senior Health Fair on Monday April 15th. Whitney Meyerhoeffer, with SouthernCare Hospice, coordinated the vendors and publicity for this event.

Tax Day has come and gone, and that means it’s time for seasonal farmers’ markets to open.

Dam owners and local governments can apply for $305,000 in grants available from the Virginia Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund.

Jared King (R-Sr., Radford, Va.) hit a walk-off single to score Branden Cogswell (So., Ballston Lake, N.Y.) with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the No. 7 Virginia baseball team to a 10-9 triumph over Old Dominion Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Down 7-2 in the sixth inning, Virginia (32-6) rallied to score its 14th come-from-behind win of the season.

Senate Republicans invoked the filibuster rule to block legislation that would strengthen background checks for gun purchasers. U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, D-Va., each issued statements following the moves.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) urges all horse owners to check with their veterinarians for West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and rabies vaccination recommendations for their animals. Virginia only had one confirmed case of WNV in 2012 and no cases of EEE, although the number of horses affected in previous years and in other states was much higher. State officials are concerned that horse owners may be lulled into inaction by the lack of diseases activity last year and neglect vaccination this year.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the winners of the 2013 Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance. Preliminary online rounds attracted 2,172 high school students from across Virginia, with 160 students qualifying for the day-long championship competition at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) on April 17 where the following teams prevailed:

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) issued the following statement after a bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a bill to fix our nation’s broken immigration system.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Tuesday the process for interested candidates to apply for judicial vacancies that currently exist on Virginia’s circuit courts. The General Assembly adjourned on April 4, 2013, without filling vacancies in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 20th, and 25th Judicial Circuits. Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia gives the…

The 2012 Water Quality Report is now available on the Staunton City Website at www.staunton.va.us/ccr.
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