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Kevork Djansezian/APThe Los Angeles Dodgers will be at the White House to celebrate their World Series win. But not everyone is happy that the team will meet with President Trump. -
Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesThe Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season. -
Jon Cherry/AP/FR171965 APThe National Weather Service has issued a warning that the South and Midwest may experience more severe storms, flooding and tornadoes in the days ahead. -
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.
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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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A museum documenting the history of the Harrisonburg Fire Department is now equipped with a video tour led by the agency's long standing leader. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Hours before new regulations were set to take effect on Friday, Virginia’s Medicaid agency halted most parts of new regulations for caregivers it announced last year. -
Families say the regulations make it 'impossible' for them to be reimbursed for the care they provide. -
The work of an artist who made his name in Richmond and the southern rock scene will soon be on display in the Valley, where he was born and raised. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A grand jury handed down a new indictment on Tuesday, adding a charge in the case of 41-year-old James Robert Allen. Allen stands accused of abducting a University of Virginia student last year before she was able to escape his truck. And court documents from a 2008 Fauquier County case reveal this to be at least the second incident in a pattern of violent behavior. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The state's watchdog agency released a report on psychiatric hospitals in December. It recommended that the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Staunton be shut down. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi discussed the findings with a psych nursing professor, and filed this report. -
The Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years, raged against the death penalty. -
Two years after its inception, a criminal diversion program in the Albemarle County and Charlottesville court systems is building healing after people have been wronged or hurt. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
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As their first order of business in 2024, the Rockingham County School Board temporarily removed – or prevented the acquisition of – 57 school library books. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A new bill introduced in the General Assembly this session aims to create a public defender office for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Ed Clark, the co-founder and president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, has announced his retirement after more than four decades at the organization's helm. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi sat down with him to talk about the center's origins and impact, and filed this story.
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