Updated: 9:12 AM A look at the growing number of Hispanics in the Shenandoah Valley and why they come here.

Updated: 9:14 AM Children at the Hunter McGuire school in Augusta County were making a difference as they held their third annual "Jump Rope for Heart" fundraiser.

Updated: 7:13 PM The number of Norovirus cases are on the rise in Virginia and the health department wants you to know what to watch for.

Updated: 9:16 AM A weather related death in Stafford County has other school districts taking a closer look at their cancellation policies.

Updated: 6:47 PM If you don't want it, too bad. That's the message a Lynchburg legislator is sending the city of Charlottesville regarding a proposed bypass.

Updated: 6:24 PM You can build it, but I want some say. That's what one man is saying to Timberville's plans for expanding its museum.

Updated: 3:32 PM Page County doesn't have a reputation for violence, but that isn't stopping a group of students there from making a difference and building a safer community.

Updated: 8:06 AM The Senate rejected a bill Wednesday that would have required background checks on all gun buyers at gun shows in Virginia.

Updated: 8:08 AM Members of a radical environmental group take credit for setting construction equipment ablaze at the site of an Albemarle County commercial development.

Updated: 8:14 AM Authorities say the white powder discovered inside a letter delivered this week to Project HOPE in Millwood was not a known toxin, but no one knows yet what it is.

Updated: 8:37 AM Harrisonburg City Council is affirming their position on a school board plan that would reconfigure city schools.

Updated: 6:33 PM It's been more than two years since Donald Hughes was killed in a car accident along Route 340 in Stuart's Draft.

Updated: 6:31 PM Better late than never. That's what one local school board is saying about work to two elementary schools.

Updated: 6:14 PM One Valley community is doing what it can to put children first, by protecting them from injury.

Updated: 5:33 PM Taxpayers foot the bill in cities and counties even if no-one votes.

Updated: 5:11 PM After a traffic stop, David Harrell of Staunton tried to run over a police officer. He was unsuccessful, and after a foot chase, was brought down by a police dog.

Posted: 4:06 PM A federal jury in Harrisonburg acquitted a Warlocks Motorcycle Club member who prosecutors dubbed a gang "enforcer" of conspiring to distribute drugs, but the jury convicted his three co-defendants.

Updated: 6:30 PM The Avian flu is hitting close to home, this time not in the valley, but farmers are taking precautions nonetheless.

Updated: 8:43 AM Not enough time, not enough Democrats.

Updated: 4:57 PM The First Tee Golf Program received $55,000 from the Harrisonburg Rotary Club. The money will be used to build a new facility for First Tee.

Updated: 8:37 AM Legislators hope new governor is more communicative.

Updated: 8:38 AM The governor gives his nod to John Kerry.

Updated: 8:39 AM "Totally bogus," says a Warner staffer.

Updated: 8:40 AM The glass is half-full and half-empty for one multi-purpose store in Harrisonburg.

Updated: 8:41 AM John Kerry numbers are climbing in the Old Dominion.