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Showers and thunderstorms through Sunday
Today: cloudy and cooler with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm, mainly later. High 60. Winds. Tonight: occasional rain and drizzle. Low 54. Winds south-southeast 3-6 mph. Tomorrow: cloudy and warmer with showers. High 71. Winds south 6-12 mph. Monday: remaining cloudy and warmer with a thunderstorm in one...
Paige Harris to Serve as AHS Hugh O’Brien Youth Ambassador
LOW MOOR — Alleghany High School sophomore Paige Harris has been selected as this year’s Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Ambassador. Harris will serve as the school nominee for a special statewide leadership conference known as the Virginia HOBY Leadership Seminar in the late spring in Harrisonburg. Her attendance is sponsored by the AHS Counseling Department. […] The post Paige Harris to Serve as AHS Hugh O’Brien Youth Ambassador appeared first on The Virginian Review.
Restaurant hosting drag show pushes back against hateful messages
Mikey Reisenberg, the owner and chef of Mashita, Harrisonburg’s Korean-inspired restaurant, turned this week to Instagram stories for support following negative comments about a drag show this Saturday. “I need your help to not only stand up for the things that make Harrisonburg the friendly city that it is,...
WSVA Tag Sale, 5/03/24
CHICKEN BBQ TOMOROW MORNING AT THE MT.SIDNEY RURITAN PARK. CHICKEN READY AT 9 A.M. 2005 JEEP / 1966 BUICK / ZERO TURN MOWER 540 810-0549. YARD SALE TODAY AT 3210 PEOPLES DRIVE IN HARRISONBURG. MODEL TRAIN SHOW THIS SUNDAY AT AUGUSTA EXPO IN FISHERSVILLE . FROM 10-4 TOMATO CAGES/ FENCE...
Water main break in Greene County affecting parts of Ruckersville
GREENE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Greene County is working to repair a water main break on Pinewood Court in Ruckersville. The break is affecting people on Spotswood Trail between Eastview and Pinewood Court, and all of the Daniels Park neighborhood. In a statement from the county, crews are on...
What’s our region’s risk of wildfires? We’re betting it’s higher than you think
With the growing impact of climate change, understanding how to prepare for wildfires has become more relevant in Virginia, according to the USDA Forest Service. A team from the forest service reports they were assigned to a complex, or group of wildfires, in western Virginia earlier this year. The team heard over and over that “people here just aren’t used to this kind of thing.” However, there had been a wildfire within 100 miles last fall.
Partly sunny and warm today
Today: partly sunny and very warm. High 83. Winds east-southeast 6-12 mph. Tonight: considerable clouds and mild with a couple of thundershowers. Low 57. Winds southeast 4-8 Tomorrow: cloudy and cooler with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm, mainly later. High 61. Winds. southeast 4-8 mph. Sunday: cloudy with...
Harrisonburg adds electric school buses to fleet
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Harrisonburg city officials unveiled two new electric school buses today. The process has been in the works since 2021 when the Virginia Environmental Quality Department put up a $9.25 million grant to Virginia properties for electric school buses. The city applied after getting approval from the City Manager and City Council in April of 2022.
JMU sees increase in theft of scooters on campus
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - As James Madison University nears the end of its school year, earlier this week it sent out a warning to students about an uptick in thefts of scooters on campus. The university said over the last few weeks, there have been seven reported incidents of theft...
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