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AP/APThe surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by last week's quake. -
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J. Scott Applewhite/AP/APA bipartisan group of Senators voted to remove the emergency declaration President Trump used to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada. The vote was largely symbolic since the House isn't expected to act. -
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Last December, WMRA reported on the end of Virginia's subminimum wage program. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi now brings you an interview with one family who's been affected by this change.
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Shenandoah National Park is among the national parks hardest hit by President Trump's layoffs and cutbacks... We review some of the amendments being considered in today’s reconvene session of the General Assembly… UVa law students create a database to allow the public better access to decision-making by Virginia’s parole board….
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In the wake of the name change and the NAACP lawsuit, we've dug into Shenandoah County's Civil War history and the context around Stonewall Jackson High School's construction and naming. What legacy have these Confederate names left us? WMRA's Bridget Manley takes us back to the present day with the conclusion of our series. -
The Shenandoah County School Board made national news earlier this year when it voted to restore the names of Confederate generals to two schools. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi picks up the story in the segregated Virginia of 70 years ago. -
Why were Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary originally named after Confederate generals? For insight into that decision, we have to trace the county, state, and country's turbulent history back through time, from the Civil War through the Civil Rights movement. -
The Shenandoah County School Board made national news earlier this year when it voted to restore the names of Confederate generals to two schools. Now, they're being sued by the NAACP. Two of our reporters teamed up to delve deeper into this controversy. Here's WMRA's Bridget Manley with the first of a four-part series. -
Improv comedy is alive and well with Rocktown Improv, a collective of comedy performers who “yes and” every first Friday at Courte Square Theater in Harrisonburg. -
A local nonprofit has been helping low-income residents fix up their homes for 30 years. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi visited a project site and filed this report. -
An Anglican bishop in Harrisonburg regularly returns to his homeland in Sudan to help his people during an ongoing civil war. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with him and filed this report. -
According to secret shopper survey results, the companies contracted to facilitate care to pregnant enrollees are not delivering. -
All this year, the Meet Virginia series has been profiling the lives of some of the more than eight million people who call Virginia home. This month, Virginia Public Radio’s Christine Kueter (CUE-ter) introduces us to someone whose modern-day work gives us an idea of what Virginia was like 250 years ago. -
More than 30% of Virginia counties are maternity care deserts. That means they have no nearby hospitals or providers who deliver babies. WMRA’s Henry Brannan looks at one maternity care desert in the Shenandoah Valley and the impact that lack of access has on pregnant people there. -
The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a hospital for native wild animals that teaches veterinarians-in-training and the public how to care for the natural world. They've admitted an increasing number of bald eagles in recent years. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A small family practice has served patients in one Augusta County community for 50 years and counting. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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