
100K thunderstorms in U.S. each year: Preparation can prevent damages, injuries
According to NOAA, summer thunderstorms “are more frequent and directly impact more people and homes in the U.S. than hurricanes.”

According to NOAA, summer thunderstorms “are more frequent and directly impact more people and homes in the U.S. than hurricanes.”

Farm Credit of the Virginias recently announced that Bruce Harvey has taken on the role of quality control analyst in their Staunton office.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures in the Lynchburg District.

Nobody, including me, hit the Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, meaning the next drawing, next Tuesday, will be for an estimated $530 million.

Mary Baldwin University will join 23 institutions in celebrating Virginia Private College Week by offering special information sessions and tours for prospective students July 25-30 on their campus in Staunton.

During Tracking Awareness Week, The Virginia Department of Health announced that it received a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to create an environmental epidemiology program.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

Construction is scheduled to start Sunday night, July 17, at Interstate 81 exit 300, the interchange with I-66 in Warren County.

Twenty-two homes in Buchanan County are listed as “destroyed” in an accounting of the damage caused by flash flooding that began Tuesday night.

The public is being advised by the Blue Ridge Health District to avoid contact with specific areas of Lake Anna in Orange, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties until algae concentrations return to acceptable levels.
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