Graduation is a huge milestone for college students.
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Graduation is a huge milestone for college students.
Erika Francis and her son, Tyson Francis, got to experience Shenandoah University’s commencement exercises together on Saturday, as both of them walked across the stage to receive their respective diplomas.
WINCHESTER — One of the most stirring annual displays of patriotism…
BERRYVILLE — This year’s annual Memorial Day Service in Clarke Coun…
Elyus Wallace has dedicated his life to impacting the youth of Winc…
Alicia Cain Wheeling is one of John Handley High School’s most succ…
BOYCE — Northern Shenandoah Valley residents who work in the Washin…
Six years ago, Amber and Caleb Cooper knew they wanted to grow thei…
WINCHESTER — Tickets for the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley’s Gard…
Very hungry caterpillars: Spongy moth infestation likely the worst in decades in region, experts say
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Spongy moth egg masses on an oak tree in western Frederick County.
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A Wawa near Stephens City?
A spongy moth caterpillar, with its distinctive red, yellow, blue c…
HEADLINES
- Survey seeks input on improving traffic flow on Va. 277 at I-81 exit 307
- City preparing to install traffic enforcement cameras on school buses
- This week's government meetings
- Berryville council gives subdivision developer D.R. Horton an ultimatum
- Supervisors OK about $2M in funding for outside agencies
- Memorial service honors fallen law enforcement officers
- VDH: Berryville a 'serious violator' of water quality standards
- Council clears way for vote on city's proposed $117M budget for FY25
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The first pitch for the Valley Baseball League season is less than two weeks away, but the Winchester Royals already could be facing an unfavorable count.
WINCHESTER — No matter the outcome on Friday, both the Handley and James Wood girls’ soccer teams knew there was no changing the fact that the Colonels would be the top-seeded North team for the Region 4D tournament.
BERRYVILLE — On Senior Night on Thursday, the Clarke County girls’ soccer team’s decorated senior class completed its last regular-season game in the only fashion it knows.
WINCHESTER — It truly was Senior Night at R. Charles Hott Field on Thursday night.
Handley High School 17-year-old senior
STEPHENS CITY — When the uniforms were passed out for the preseason Picture Day, Sherando High School pitcher Dean Lamb was one of three Warrior baseball players to get two of them.
Star soccer midfielders McKenna Newcome and Madison Toone aren’t heading to the colleges they thought they were when they each sent in their national letters of intent on Nov. 8.
WINCHESTER — As she held a packaged Barbie soccer doll that was given to her by a friend at the end of Tuesday’s girls’ soccer game at James R. Wilkins Jr. Stadium, Handley senior midfielder Madison Hobson stated that the Judges might have gotten a little too caught up in the emotions that c…
Sherando High School graduate and Potomac State College sophomore outfielder Meghan Harris hit a two-run home run to break a tie game and provide the final runs in the fourth inning of a 4-2 win over the College of Southern Maryland in the championship game of the Region 20 tournament on Sun…
Headlines
- Survey seeks input on improving traffic flow on Va. 277 at I-81 exit 307
- City preparing to install traffic enforcement cameras on school buses
- This week's government meetings
- Berryville council gives subdivision developer D.R. Horton an ultimatum
- Supervisors OK about $2M in funding for outside agencies
- Memorial service honors fallen law enforcement officers
- VDH: Berryville a 'serious violator' of water quality standards
WINCHESTER — One of the most stirring annual displays of patriotism in the Northern Shenandoah Valley returns this we…
BERRYVILLE — This year’s annual Memorial Day Service in Clarke County will focus on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Elyus Wallace has dedicated his life to impacting the youth of Winchester through coaching, mentorships and his profe…
Alicia Cain Wheeling is one of John Handley High School’s most successful female student athletes.
BOYCE — Northern Shenandoah Valley residents who work in the Washington, D.C., area no longer have to drive themselve…
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When the 2024 spring semester ended earlier this month, I found myself thinking more about how technology is changing college classrooms. The traditional lecture that my generation was subject to during our formative college years in the late 1980s and early '90s is now considered an outdate…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, when queried about an upside-down American flag flying outside his home in the days following the Jan. 6 a…
This spring, the postal service is asking all homeowners to inspect and repair their mailboxes during Mailbox Improvement Week, May 19-25.
So far, the hush money trial in New York has proven to be weak for the prosecution according to some legal analysts, and politically timed acc…
People sometimes sneer the term “liberal” at me. OK. I’m good with being on the right side of history. Looking at “liberal” versus “conservati…
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Local Sports
The first pitch for the Valley Baseball League season is less than two weeks away, but the Winchester Royals already could be facing an unfavorable count.
WINCHESTER — No matter the outcome on Friday, both the Handley and James Wood girls’ soccer …
BERRYVILLE — On Senior Night on Thursday, the Clarke County girls’ soccer team’s decorated s…
WINCHESTER — It truly was Senior Night at R. Charles Hott Field on Thursday night.
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When the 2024 spring semester ended earlier this month, I found myself thinking more about how technology is changing…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, when queried about an upside-down American flag flying outside his home in the da…
This spring, the postal service is asking all homeowners to inspect and repair their mailboxes during Mailbox Improve…
So far, the hush money trial in New York has proven to be weak for the prosecution according to some legal analysts, …
People sometimes sneer the term “liberal” at me. OK. I’m good with being on the right side of history. Looking at “li…
This is our first spring in the Valley since 2016. As expected, newness arrived.
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