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The renowned music group The Blind Boys of Alabama will open the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival’s 2012 concert season with a performance on Friday, July 20, at 8 p.m
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Longtime Virginia orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank C. McCue III passed away Sunday. He was 82 years old. McCue headed up the sports medicine program for the University of Virginia athletic department for more than 40 years
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Virginia is exceeding its commitments under the Chesapeake Bay Program to reduce nutrients in the bay from wastewater treatment plants, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Friday. Significant reductions of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater put Virginia well on track to meet future two-year “milestones” for bay restoration
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Christian prayer and invocations preceding the Roanoke County Supervisor Meetings have been targeted by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. This is not news. Their perennial complaint is this: prayers given in publicly funded facilities and at publicly funded activities like government meetings and public school graduations imply state establishment of religion
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Gov. Bob McDonnell issued an update today regarding Virginia’s ongoing recovery from the powerful derecho and thunderstorms that occurred June 29-30
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The Waynesboro Generals announce that legendary Valley League coach Mike Bocock has been added to the coaching staff. Bocock will serve as associate head coach under Coach Derek McDaniel for the remainder of the 2012 season, and will assume duties as head coach following the season
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Anne Holton campaigned on behalf of her husband, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, in Chesterfield County, on Thursday
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What is it about an old building that so enraptures us? Providing only a snapshot view of distant lives and moments, it leaves us to fill in the gaps between crumbling walls and peeling paint
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As of 10 a.m. Thursday, power companies are reporting that approximately 107,300 customers remain without power statewide, according to a report from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling June 28 upholding President Obama’s health care legislation, which includes a requirement that all people have health insurance. That same day the nation’s largest agricultural organization voiced its apprehension
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