Monticello receives $3.5 million grant to collect, share stories of enslaved families
The Mellon Foundation recently awarded $3.5 million to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to expand an African American oral history project.
The Mellon Foundation recently awarded $3.5 million to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to expand an African American oral history project.
Our tax dollars are consumed fighting a proxy war with Russia, using Ukrainian people and land as a testing ground for a seemingly inevitable war with China.
A Harrisonburg man is behind bars after assaulting an adult female and a state trooper trying to protect the woman.
Parents are encouraged to attend a meet-and-greet event at St. Paul’s Church on March 21, at 7 p.m. to register their children.
Wytheville Community College’s pond has joined the Commonwealth’s stocked trout program.
With the arrival of spring, severe weather takes on different forms – strong winds, tornadoes, hailstorms, lightning and flash floods.
Coral reefs around the world are indeed still at great risk. A comprehensive survey by Canadian researchers in 2021 shows that the world’s oceans have lost about half of their coral cover since the 1950s.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached a new level of intensity.
Virginia Commonwealth University is partnering with the Virginia Department of Health to build a clinician network for long-term care facilities.
Public service announcements designed by Nelson County High School students can be seen on billboards in the area.
Local news is in “serious jeopardy,” according to experts. Pitch in and help AFP continue to deliver news to the Valley, Virginia and beyond.