
John W. Whitehead: We’re all enemies of the state
If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an unnerving tendency to exploit crises and use them as opportunities for power grabs under the guise of national security.

If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an unnerving tendency to exploit crises and use them as opportunities for power grabs under the guise of national security.

The Upper and Middle Pamunkey Branches as well as the Upper and Middle North Anna Branches of Lake Anna in Orange, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties are experiencing a harmful algae bloom (HAB).

Lauren Griffin feels she has an edge in the crowded Augusta County Clerk of Circuit Court candidate field.

Bridge maintenance work on eastbound Interstate 64 at mile marker 121 over Route 20 has been postponed one week.

It’s no secret that employees form the backbone of most businesses – so making sure that they’re always happy, both inside and outside of the office, is imperative for a successful company and healthy work/life balance.

The Change the Terms Coalition held a press call with leaders from Charlottesville Wednesday to publicize its call on Twitter to ban white supremacists from its platform ahead of the Unite the Right Rally anniversary.

The Harrisonburg Police Department, along with other area law enforcement and emergency response agencies, will take part in a mass casualty response training this week.

The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Appalachian Power have closed the Leesville Dam Tailrace Fishing Access along the Staunton River in Campbell County.

My former colleague Patrick Hite, the sports editor at The News Leader, has an excellent column up today about Valley League baseball that is definitely worth a read.

Gov. Ralph Northam has issued a proclamation designating August 2019 as Smokey Bear Awareness Month, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign and reminding Virginians of their role in protecting the Commonwealth’s forestland.
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