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Augusta Health opens new community clinic in Fishersville
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - Augusta Health opened a new community clinic in Fishersville with a ribbon cutting on July 18 to help address the primary care shortage many people experience nationwide. The new community clinic on the second floor of the Heart and Vascular Center gives people in the Valley...
Rockingham Family Physicians joins Augusta Medical Group for ‘a robust, interconnected network’
Augusta Health is excited to announce that Rockingham Family Physicians in Harrisonburg will join Augusta Medical Group on September 1, 2024. The new addition will mark Augusta Health’s second location in Harrisonburg and reflects Augusta Health’s ongoing efforts to expand access to high-quality healthcare services while upholding the exceptional standard of care and service that patients have come to expect.
Nonprofit repairs homes for Augusta County people in need
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. [sounds of impact driver, rummaging around in bin of screws, hammering]. Volunteers were hard at work on a mobile home between Stuarts Draft...
FOIA Friday: Records show years-long history of overdue balances of ex-Richmond city official
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of Information Act presumes all government business is by default public and requires officials to justify why exceptions should be made, too many Virginia leaders in practice take the opposite stance, acting as if records are by default private and the public must prove they should be handled otherwise.
Police officer, 2 women shot after basketball game in southwest DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — A D.C. Police Union officer and two women are injured after shots were fired late Thursday night following a basketball game in southwest D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said. Just before 11:30 p.m., officers were monitoring a basketball game in the 1200 block of Canal...
Reconstruction on O’Hurley’s General Store to take months
SHEPHERDSTOWN — On June 28, at around 11:30 p.m., a drunk driver careened around the corner of Highway 230 on his way into Shepherdstown and missed the curve. He ended up ramming his vehicle into a truck in front of O’Hurley’s General Store, pushing that truck through one of the store’s front windows, before his own vehicle was deflected into the other front window of the store, destroying the walls around that corner of the building.
WATCH: Doorbell camera captures shootout in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — A shootout was captured by a doorbell camera in Southeast D.C. early Thursday morning. The video shared online by the Chair of the D.C. Democratic Party shows two people shooting at each other while running down the street. Watch below:. According to Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)...
Notes: New steakhouse and grill opens in Franconia
⛈️ Today’s weather: Isolated showers and potential thunderstorms after 5pm can be expected, with a partly sunny sky and high of around 89°F. A north wind at approximately 7 mph is also anticipated. Precipitation chance stands at 20%. Moving into Thursday night, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected before 8pm, followed by isolated showers between 8pm and 11pm. The sky will be partly cloudy, with a low of about 69°F, and a north wind at around 7 mph. Precipitation chance increases to 30% later in the night.
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure Announces New Hyperscale Data Center Market in Culpeper, Virginia
Culpeper Technology Zone location offers close proximity to Ashburn, available power, dense network interconnectivity and tax incentives. DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / July 18, 2024 / EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a wholesale data center developer, owner, and operator, announced the purchase of 120 acres of land in the Culpeper Technology Zone (CTZ) in Culpeper, Virginia, and plans to develop a 1.4 million square foot data center campus capable of initially supporting 216 MW of critical IT load with the potential to support up to 432 MW. Initial power delivery is expected in early 2028 through Rappahannock Electric Cooperative.
Things to do in the DC area: Purcellville Wine & Food Festival, free gelato … and more!
Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. For its eleventh year, the Purcellville Wine & Food Festival has returned with 12 local wineries and breweries, 15 food and beverage vendors and eight additional artisans in tow. “This is a family friendly event....
Hagerstown PD Advises Residents To Avoid City Center Amid Shooting Investigation (DEVELOPING)
A midday shooting in Hagerstown is under investigation, police say.Shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 200 block of East Washington Street. According to the Hagerstown Police Department, no suspect has been identified, and the motiv…
Driver killed in two-car crash in Loudoun County
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is investigating a fatal crash that happened in Ashburn on Thursday afternoon. Deputies responded to Waxpool Road and Red Rum Drive at about 1:30 p.m. There, a sedan and SUV had been involved in a crash. The driver of the sedan was […]
Another change to Pennsylvania mail ballot envelopes: Full year will be preprinted
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here.Update, July 19, 11:55 a.m.: This story was updated with additional comments from Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt to clarify his interview.The Pennsylvania Department of State is hoping another change to mail ballot return envelopes will eliminate the chance of ballots being rejected this November because of voters failing to write in the year completely.In a directive earlier this month, the Department of State told counties that they should now preprint ballot return envelopes with the full,...
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