Culpeper, VA

A local artist paints his way into Culpeper Renaissance, Inc.’s third installment of its Culpeper Downtown Walls Mural Program. “Having grown up as an artist in Culpeper, it has been a dream of mine to create something for the town that helped shape me into the person I am today,” said artist Layton Scarbrough. “When this opportunity popped up, I was so excited to dive headfirst into the research and development of a mural that would mean something more than just a few strokes of paint on a wall.”

The Culpeper Food Closet provides food and personal care items for Culpeper families, individuals and seniors in need of assistance. Every week, it posts a few items that are needed, but any donation is accepted. Needs this week include:. Lunch Meat: Bologna, Turkey, Chicken, Ham. Hot Dogs & Buns. Condiments:...

On May 14, Newport High School’s Team 2 were crowned National Champions of the world’s largest student rocketry competition, the American Rocketry Challenge, during its 20th anniversary. This year is the first time since 2019 where top teams have competed in the National Finals launch, which were cancelled...

May 15, 1986 — The Winchester based O’Sullivan Corporation announced plans Monday to produce plastic automotive parts at a manufacturing plant in Luray. County Administrator Ronald Good read the announcement at the Page County Board of Supervisors monthly session. According to the O’Sullivan release, the company expects to...

The Montpelier Foundation, which oversees James Madison's home in Orange County, has fulfilled a promise made years ago to the descendants of those who were enslaved there, granting them equal representation on the foundation's board.

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2.9 million in federal funding is coming to the Culpeper Regional Airport. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided the funding. The act was originally which was negotiated by Warner and strongly supported by Kaine. The infrastructure law will bring nearly $400 million...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Learning the cello, printing a book, and 3D printing are just a few of the new skills people learned at the “How-To” festival. The Jefferson Madison Regional Library is teaching new skills from test driving a fire truck to learning a new instrument. “There...

NORFOLK, Va. -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, Ryan Teschko drove in Matt Coutney with a one out single in the bottom of the 12th inning as Old Dominion pulled out an 8-7 victory over Marshall to clinch the final home series of the season. Coutney started the...

NORFOLK, Va. – Not even Ernest Hemingway could have scripted a better end to Old Dominion's baseball Senior Day. Catcher Brock Gagliardi, a senior from Tacoma, Washington, hit a towering, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Monarchs to a 5-4 victory over Marshall Sunday at the Bud Metheny Ballpark.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Saturday morning, the Proud American Riders and Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Crew held a “Back The Blue” motorcycle ride from Harrisonburg to Stanley for National Police Week. The ride was to show appreciation to police officers, but also to honor fallen officers. Before the...