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Elijah Nouvelage/Getty ImagesThe U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details. -
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesBy a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities. -
Jose Luis Magana/APA federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts. -
Tia BarcoJose Barco's story is one of battlefield trauma, bureaucratic bumbling and eventually, a serious crime.
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Brian Noyes left a successful career in publishing to open the Red Truck Bakery with two locations in rural Virginia.
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We investigate how President Trump’s desire to dismantle the Department of Education might affect students in our area… The Blue Ridge Poison Centers warns that taking too much Vitamin A can be bad for you… Jeff Schapiro surveys the busy week in Virginia politics….
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This spring, the Historic Staunton Foundation began preserving a home with a rich and storied past – much of which is just now being unearthed. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi brings us this first installment of a two-part feature. -
For a third time, Shenandoah County Schools are debating controversial name changes for two county schools. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports. -
A statewide tax program incentivizes property owners to keep land in farming and other undeveloped uses – but signing up and staying enrolled can be a complex process. And one couple got ensnared in the bureaucracy in Albemarle County. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Valley farmers gathered in Rockingham County on Friday for a demonstration of agricultural practices that build soil health and improve water quality. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Housing hosted a talk last week about the role of a housing approach called Permanent Supportive Housing in ending chronic homelessness in the southern Shenandoah Valley. -
Wildfires in the Shenandoah Valley and beyond have burned more than 6,500 acres in the past few days. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
One of the bills that failed to pass the General Assembly this year would have provided benefits to private police officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty. Advocates say they'll bring it back to the table for the third time next year. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Highland County’s sheriff, a retired corporate lawyer, a teacher-turned-president of the local Chamber of Commerce and five dozen other volunteers spent the past two weekends in a trailer making the Mill Gap Ruritan Club’s famous maple doughnuts. -
The Blue Ridge Free Clinic has been providing free healthcare services to Rockingham County residents since 2020, after the Harrisonburg Rockingham Free Clinic closed last year. An upcoming benefit for the clinic will take place on Saturday. -
The Staunton school teaches everything from job skills to independent living. -
The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen exists to foster understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains – including the native plants that populate the forest. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Virginia author Skip Halpern brings a unique set of perspectives and experiences to the subject of meaning and motivation in work including from philosophers, scientists, artists, and professional athletes.
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Join us Tuesday, Apr. 8th at 7pm - when we will feature founder of the Red Truck Bakery, Brian Noyes, discussing The Red Truck Bakery Cookbook and The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook at Winchester Brew Works in Winchester.
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