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Memorial Day 2024 ceremonies in Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, and offers an opportunity to commemorate U.S. service members who died while on active duty. The federal holiday set for the last Monday of May was first enacted following the Civil War, and was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.
ACSO fundraiser for Special Olympics begins
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - People who frequent the 7-Eleven on Jefferson Highway in Fishersville might have seen deputies in between the gas pumps on May 22. No one was getting arrested, but the deputies and Sheriff Donald Smith were pumping gas and getting donations for the Special Olympics. Special Olympics...
Augusta Health to open a new community clinic for primary care
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - According to the American Medical Association, people across the country struggle to find primary care providers and Augusta Health hopes to combat the issue in the Valley with the new community clinic. The Community Clinic will be available for people in the Valley to get a primary care appointment if they have been struggling to find one. With many physicians retiring, new ones are needed to help balance the influx of patient needs. Augusta Health is partnering experienced physicians with new residents.
Lifting each other up: Creative Mornings is about coffee and new friends and so much more
STAUNTON — “This way for coffee and new friends!”. A chalk arrow pointed pedestrians southward on New Street to the open doors of the Smith Center. Half a block down the brick sidewalk, another chalk-scrawled message urged, “Almost there!”. Twenty minutes before the Creative Mornings event was...
John E. Painter Memorial Scholarship Ride to be held in Grottoes Saturday
GROTTOES, Va. (WHSV) - On Saturday, the family of fallen Bridgewater College Police Officer John Painter is holding a fundraising event in Grottoes. The John E. Painter Memorial Scholarship Ride will raise money for a scholarship in Painter’s honor. “We’re going to do a scholarship for a high school...
New animal shelter policy puts gag order on staff, volunteers on euthanasia issues
Staff and volunteers at the Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center, which euthanized 79 animals in 2023, can’t talk about euthanasia with anybody outside the shelter. That’s one way to tamp down community controversies like the one that arose last year after the shelter put down four dogs – one that had been featured on the municipal shelter’s social media page as the “nice dog of the week,” another after the dog’s owner mistakenly signed over the rights to her pet, which had run away after being spooked by noises associated with a nearby fire.
Central Shenandoah Health District annual report highlights opioid response
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - The new director of the Central Shenandoah Health District presented the 2023 annual report at the Staunton City Council work session. The report covered several public health topics, including environmental health, emergency response and disease numbers. Health director Dr. Allison Baroco presented information on several matters, including immunizations.
Waynesboro graduation ceremony: Photos of the Class of 2024
WAYNESBORO — Waynesboro's rain-delayed commencement caught a break in the weather Saturday morning, allowing students to graduate in an outdoor ceremony. The outdoor event originally was scheduled for Friday evening, but rain forced postponement. Students heard from speaker Angela Mickens, probably still best known as an athlete, one of...
Grottoes 2025 budget includes utility rate increases
GROTTOES, Va. (WHSV) - Some utility rate increases have been added to the Grottoes 2025 fiscal year budget. Town Councilmember Joshua Bailey said the water and sewer fees have to increase, to upgrade or replace a clarifier pump to keep up with new DEQ regulations. “That is going to be...
Stuart Hall to celebrate 22 graduating students in Class of 2024 in Friday evening ceremony
Twenty-two students will graduate from Stuart Hall School on Friday, May 24, in a 6 p.m. ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Church. The school will also commemorate the occasion with an awards ceremony and the Loving Cup, an annual tradition in which students and alumnae/i toast to the graduating seniors. Stuart...
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