
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank to receive grant, food donation from Arthur W. Perdue Foundation and Perdue
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank will accept a $50,000 donation from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation on Thursday, Sept. 24.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank will accept a $50,000 donation from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation on Thursday, Sept. 24.

It was neck-and-neck all the way to the end, but employees from NIBCO, a Stuarts Draft facility that makes copper fittings, narrowly edged out employees from Hershey’s to win the United Way of Greater Augusta Corporate Cup on Sunday.

Democratic Party presidential hopeful Jim Webb has some pointed advice for President Obama with China President Xi Jinping beginning a U.S. visit that will include a presidential summit later this week.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of October, is exhibiting works of art by the Beverley Street Studio School artists – students and instructors.

Solar desalination is a technique used to remove salt from water via a specially designed still that uses solar energy to boil seawater and capture the resulting steam, which is in turn cooled and condensed into pristine freshwater. Salt and other impurities are left behind in the still.

Virginia is no stranger to natural disasters. In 2011 alone, Virginia experienced snowstorms, tornadoes, Hurricane Irene, and remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.

“It was a good victory for us.” That’s how UVA football coach Mike London opened his postgame presser following the Cavs’ ugly-as-sin 35-29 win over FCS William and Mary on Saturday.

In drug delivery research, finding a pharmaceutically active molecule is only half the battle: the drug must also be able to safely reach its target.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.
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