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|By Benjamin Beddoes
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more people continue to file for unemployment. For some, unemployment benefits have been cut of as workplaces slowly begin to reopen.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Andrew Webb, NBC29
After spending four months in the dark, The Paramount Theater on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville is finally ready to reopen. There will be lots of added safety measures.
Updated: 5 hours ago
New standards require employers to mandate social distancing measures and face coverings for employees in customer-facing positions and when social distancing is not possible, provide frequent access to hand washing or hand sanitizer, and regularly clean high-contact surfaces
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Riley Wyant, NBC29
Albemarle County School leaders say kindergarten registration numbers are down a bit for the fall.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By NBC29 Newsroom
The Free Enterprise Forum says tourism as taken a sharp dip in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By WHSV newsroom
Sites at Mathews Arm, Big Meadows, Loft Mountain and Dundo campgrounds have also opened and have been made available for reservations.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By WHSV newsroom
The Augusta County Library, the Staunton Public Library and the Waynesboro Public Library are waiving late fees for library materials.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By WHSV newsroom
The telephone town hall will be on Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By WHSV newsroom
The 78-foot tall Minotaur IV rocket carried a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Hannah Eason, Capital News Service
As colleges across the country determine if classes should be held online to prevent the coronavirus spread, Virginia Commonwealth University is planning for students to return in August with a mix of in-person, hybrid and online courses. One dorm will be used as a low-acuity hospital while some first-year students are housed in a nearby hotel.
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Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
At least some of the Confederate monuments that have been recently removed from places of prominence in Richmond, Virginia, are being stored on the grounds of a waste water treatment plant, photographs show.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A Virginia congressman is raising an alarm about the state’s delays in delivering unemployment benefits, saying he’s received two months of “continuous complaints” from his constituents.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By NBC29 Newsroom
This year’s Augusta County Fair is canceled. The fair’s board stated, “It is financially infeasible to provide our fair patrons with the quality event they deserve.”
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Courtney Guiry
Harrisonburg's Fire Department has implemented a low income, free car seat program for those that are eligable.The program also offers free car seat instilations and inspections to anyone that needs it.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By NBC12 Newsroom and Enzo Domingo
The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) says two residents have escaped from Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center and are at large.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Madison Greer and Caleb Stewart
As of Wednesday, July 15, Virginia has had 73,527 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Bryan Schwartz
The Cracked Pillar Pub in Bridgewater is adjusting to even more safety guidelines put forward by Governor Northam.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Cayley Urenko
Harrisonburg City Council members discussed a new policy for naming or renaming city spaces and facilities to ensure they align with the values and characters in the community.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Bryan Schwartz
The town of Dayton is planning on honoring two councilmen who passed away in April.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 8:54 PM EDT
The former owner of a python in Amherst County could face charges for releasing an exotic animal into Virginia wildlife.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Stephanie Penn
Summer is a time for heading to the water, and after staying inside for weeks because of COVID-19, a lot of people are itching to get out of the house.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By NBC29 Newsroom
Craig LaMountain, the man who started the Vietnam War Museum in Ruckersville, has passed away.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Stephanie Penn
"SOS Advertising" has seen a loss in orders and says the pandemic is unlike anything they have ever seen.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
Ashley Sennett has been arrested after investigators say she shot her boyfriend Ethan Quirion on Friday during a domestic dispute.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They have a goal of 10 iPads.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
A Virginia judge on Tuesday upheld much of a new state law that expands background checks for gun buyers but issued an injunction preventing it from being enforced on buyers between 18 to 20 years old.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 4:31 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
Researchers from all over the world, including one at the University of Virginia, made some headway in identifying cells leading to the deadliest form of brain tumor.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 2:45 PM EDT
|By Courtney Guiry
Although the coronavirus pandemic has canceled many summer plans, that doesn't mean you need to stay inside.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:49 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
Bridgewater College will begin instituting a test-optional admission policy for three years.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
Food Lion has donated $64,000 to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank through its Food Lion Feeds’ COVID-19 Hunger Relief Fund this spring.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Madison Greer
Governor Ralph Northam is scheduled to address Virginians on the latest COVID-19 response in the commonwealth at 2 p.m. on July 14.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:11 AM EDT
|By WDTV News Staff
A woman has been charged in the Louis A Johnson VA deaths investigation.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:10 AM EDT
|By Madison Greer and Caleb Stewart
As of Tuesday, July 14, Virginia has had 72,443 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Cayley Urenko
Warner wants billions of federal dollars to go toward loans and grants to help low-income and minority communities overcome the recent economic crisis.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 9:53 PM EDT
A train derailment just outside Staunton Monday evening is under investigation.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 7:56 PM EDT
The state has unveiled its plan to remove the Robert E. Lee monument if the court will allow it.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
A leading white nationalist has been indicted on additional charges related to a dispute he was having last year with an unidentified person on a messaging app.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Stephanie Penn
High temperatures are a staple of summer and every year fire departments get heat-related calls.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Stephanie Penn
A big decision out of the Rockingham County school board is set to be made Monday night. School board members will be voting on a “reopening plan” for county schools.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Hannah Hall
The Valley Community Services Board said the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the struggles of being homeless, and Waynesboro is looking into helping them using CARES Act funding.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Hannah Hall
After opening a store in Waynesboro last year, Shenandoah Hemp Supply already set up a new shop in Harrisonburg. Owners Lee and Amber Magalis wanted some artwork for the new store, so they turned to some Waynesboro High School students.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Hannah Hall
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Staunton High School construction project is on schedule, and on budget. For now, the school still looks and sounds like a busy construction site, but that’s all expected to change in the next few weeks.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Rachel Hirschheimer, NBC29
The coronavirus has been keeping many kids and families home, but pediatricians are now sounding the alarm to remind everyone to stay up to date on their vaccines.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 5:02 PM EDT
The authorized search was for firearms, ammunition and any “manifest and/or documentation to support the frame of mind the suspect may have had prior to and during the officer-involved shooting,” according to court documents.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
The study includes collecting and analyzing data on demographics, economic conditions, the homeownership market, the rental housing market, student housing, financial gaps and several other groups and statistics.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 3:16 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
Hardy County teacher Jessica Markwood is one of five finalists for the West Virginia Teacher of the Year Award.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 3:10 PM EDT
You may have seen signs at a store that ask you to use correct change or pay electronically.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By WHSV newsroom
W. Va. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s disability fraud partnership generated more than $800,000 in savings despite COVID-19 shutdowns.
Gov. Justice reinstates restriction on crowd size, cancels all fairs, festivals and outdoor concerts
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
“We’ve got to significantly restrict the crowd size again. We went to 100, now we are going to go back to 25,” said Gov. Jim Justice.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 1:05 PM EDT
|By Courtney Guiry
Downtown Harrisonburg art studio, Larkin Arts, has not let the coronavirus shutdown put a damper on their efforts to keep the community's creative juices flowing.