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Steve Landes seeking re-election as Augusta County's Clerk of Court
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoVERONA — Steve Landes is running for re-election as the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Augusta...
Augusta County tells forgotten pacifist story during the Civil War
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 1862, 70 pacifists in the Shenandoah Valley tried heading west to avoid the Confederate draft....
Middle River bridge to close permanently, electric aircraft visits: THE DIGEST
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHave an event or announcement you would like featured in THE DIGEST? It’s welcome! Please send an...
THE DIGEST: African-American WWI soldiers, Appalachian preservation, honoring Ole Herman
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA retired Army colonel to offer presentation on African-American WWI soldiers. NPS grants money for...
Historian to discuss military service of Staunton-Augusta African-Americans in World War II
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSTAUNTON — War touches everyone from every place and that includes our area’s African American...
Ahmadi first African-American named citizen of the year by chamber of commerce
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSTAUNTON — Nearly twenty-five years ago the Staunton and Waynesboro Chambers of Commerce merged to form the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce. Available records show Sheila Ahmadi ...
You know it as St. James. It once was Miss Nicholson’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor about 180 years, a property south of Hagerstown has been the home of St. James School. But even...
Staunton author tells history of Virginia's presidents in new book
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSTAUNTON — Heather Cole has a passion for both history and writing, making her just released project...
'A national emergency': Black women still 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLathesia McClenney first noticed a lump in her breast at age 29. A resident of Wilcox County,...
Julia Pierpont Day highlights history and creation of Memorial Day
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 29—FAIRMONT — Julia Pierpont Day celebrates the origins of "Decoration Day" and how it came to be known today as Memorial Day. Dryden, New York native Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, who ...
