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A Federal Push for Offshore Wind Energy Could Impact Delmarva's Coast Once Again
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management(BOEM) now has it's eyes set on a massive area in the Atlantic Ocean. The feds are looking to open up more lease areas for potential projects. BOEM made the announcement earlier this month, highlighting it's efforts to meet the Biden-Harris administrations...
Women's Soccer Ties Maryville to Start 2024
MARYVILLE, Tenn. – The Bridgewater College women's soccer team opened the season with a 2-2 draw with Maryville on Friday. No side gained a clear advantage early as BC registered shots earl from Cassandra Villafan and Lyric Birkley, but neither found the cage. Maryville found its first opportunity off of a free kick as Mary Bruno put a shot on net that was scooped up by Micah Stine in her first collegiate start in goal.
Volleyball Splits Day One at the Battlefield Classic
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Bridgewater College women's volleyball team split a pair of matches to open the season on Friday night at the Battlefield Classic. Final Score: Bridgewater 3, York 0 (25-10, 25-12, 25-16) Records: Bridgewater 1-0; York 0-2 How it Happened:. BC stepped in front 2-0 in the...
Two Virginia schools, two different approaches to students' phones
Each morning, students at Martin Luther King Middle School in Richmond, Virginia, begin their day with a lesson in restraint — by handing in their phones. "I'm not worried about the notifications I'm getting and who's texting me or what's going on on social media," 8th grader Jazmine Anderson said.The school began piloting a program last year to lock up cellphones in special pouches made by the company Yondr and store them in a supervised backpack. When the school first started using the locked pouches, they'd let students hold onto them. But that didn't quite work, 8th grade English teacher...
W&L Women Dominate the Eagles Cross Country Challenge on Opening Day
BRIDGEWATER, Va. - No. 25 Washington and Lee opened the women's cross country season with a dominant win at Bridgewater on Friday, claiming first place thanks to 10 runners finishing inside the top 20. Emma Mitchell led the Generals, finishing the 4k race fourth overall in 15:31.07, followed closely by...
Dukes Fall to Stony Brook in Five Sets
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison volleyball team fell in five sets (25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 23-25, 9-15) to Stony Brook on Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center. JMU falls to 1-1, while the Seawolves improve to 3-0, with all their victories coming in five sets. The redshirt senior tandem...
Cross Country Places Fifth at Spider Alumni Open
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. – James Madison cross country ran as a pack to finish fifth out of 14 scoring teams in their season opener at Richmond's Spider Alumni Open 4K on Saturday Morning at Pole Green Park. JMU tallied 175 points (33-34-35-36-37) with six person-best efforts, just 23 points behind...
Four Harrisonburg Police Department officers honored with 2024 Award for Valor
Four Harrisonburg Police Department officers received the 2024 Award for Valor from the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police on Tuesday night. The VACP Awards Banquet was held as part of the 99th Annual VACP Conference in Roanoke. The four HPD employees honored include:. Sergeant Brian Tusing. Officer John A....
JMU Football Week 1 Roundtable Discussion: How will the Dukes Perform in 2024?
Bob Chesney and the Dukes take on Charlotte in Week 1. To preview the upcoming season, Bennett Conlin and Jack Fitzpatrick of JMU Sports News were joined by Taylor Adkins of JMU Sound Off for our first roundtable discussion of the 2024 season. What has you most excited about the...
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