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A drug shown to help break alcohol addiction can also help recovering methamphetamine addicts stay clean, a study led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Bankole A. Johnson has found
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The Staunton Music Guild recently awarded Wilson Memorial High School graduate Jacob Dishman the 1st Ray Houser Scholarship. Dishman is the first member of what the Staunton Music Guild hopes will be a long list of “Ray Houser Scholars”
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Tuesday night, actor Kal Penn joined nearly 300 volunteers at a young professionals event and phone bank in Arlington to discuss the importance of the 2012 election
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Chris Graham and Crystal Graham from AFP worked with event organizer Terry Short on the development of the site, which includes detailed information on the festival’s lineup of food, music and brews and e-commerce features making it easy for online visitors to buy tickets
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Augusta Free Press LLC is in charge of sponsorship sales for the 2012 Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, in Downtown Waynesboro. The sixth annual festival features a performance by Grammy-nominated blues artist John Lee Hooker Jr. and a chili cook-off
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Commissioner Jim Rothrock of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services today joined Sandra Cook, chairwoman of the State Rehabilitation Council, in announcing the Roy J. Ward Employee Leadership Recognition Awards for outstanding service
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Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte and former Virginia governor and United States senator George Allen are the heavy favorites heading into Republican Party primaries in Virginia on Tuesday, but the final hours will be uneasy ones for the veteran lawmakers
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The recent Friends of Coal Rally in Abingdon had a decidedly Republican face on it. Although flyers advertising the rally claimed that all Congressional candidates had been invited, I was not. I’ve had a longstanding commitment to coal miners and have worked to support improved black lung legislation
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A week ago, I met 2,000 people who would like nothing more than to give President Obama a lump of coal on Election Day. But what they really want to do is keep giving the entire nation coal-the coal we need for our coal-fired power plants, for our domestic steel production, and to reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources
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Roundup of a busy night of action in minor-league baseball in Virginia on Saturday
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.