
‘Empower vulnerable communities:’ Environmental Justice for All Act passes committee
The House Natural Resources Committee passed the Environmental Justice for All Act on July 27.

The House Natural Resources Committee passed the Environmental Justice for All Act on July 27.

Chris Greene Lake is currently experiencing a harmful algae bloom and is closed for swimming.

As inflation affects the cost of groceries, consumers are turning to club and dollar stores to save money.
Bilingual students from the Rockbridge County School system were invited to Washington and Lee University’s campus for an enrichment program this summer hosted by English for Speakers of Other Languages, or ESOL.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia will be releasing an adult bald eagle on Tuesday, July 26, at 1 p.m. in Accomack County, after six weeks of rehabilitation.
White-tailed deer, once nearly gone from Chesapeake Bay drainage states, are now so plentiful that they threaten landscape vegetation and human safety. As a result, they are increasingly in the crosshairs of rifle scopes.

Vehicular traffic will be flagged during the day on Old Avon as well as East South Street to install new stormwater pipe, sanitary sewer lines and accommodate bridge construction.

Public Works crews began paving and marking roads across Harrisonburg on July 22, as part of the annual paving schedule for preventative maintenance.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures in the Lynchburg District.
Central Virginia and Central Shenandoah Valley are in the midst of a run of days with temperatures forecast to be in the low- to mid-90s.
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