Substance Abuse Trending Younger?

This week, the Breeze reports a more than 50% decease in criminal charges filed against JMU students in college housing areas August 27-28, as compared to 2009 levels over a similar period. JMU classes began on Monday, August 30. According to the story, 289 charges were filed the weekend before classes began in 2009.  This [...]

Do Public Libraries Still Have Value?

For a six-year-old starving for knowledge of what existed outside Rockingham County’s borders there was paradise behind the concrete steps that led to the glass doors surrounded by a brick facade that sat on Newman Avenue. Unless you’re older than thirty and grew up in the days before the Internet you may not understand how important [...]

Carrizo Backs Out Of Bergton For Now

The energy company that had applied to drill for natural gas in Rockingham County says it’s moving on, reports Jeremy Hunt in today’s Daily News-Record. Representatives of Carrizo Oil and Gas Co. say the company is no longer “actively pursuing” a special-use permit to explore for natural gas in Bergton.

This Week in Harrisonburg: August 29, 2010

A few additional local news items from this past week: Harrisonburg City Council considers a golf course committee to examine ways to increase revenues, cut costs, and develop a Heritage Oaks Master plan. A Harrisonburg man is charged with DUI Manslaughter Population decreases in the 6th district (which includes Harrisonburg and Rockingham county) could affect [...]

McDonnell: I Can’t Support DREAM Act

The DREAM Act is a piece of proposed federal immigration legislation currently stalled out U.S. Congress, but an immigrant from Harrisonburg pushed Virginia’s chief executive to take a public stance on the bill Thursday night.

McDonnell Promotes ABC Store Privatization

Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Harrisonburg Thursday evening to promote his plan to get Virginia out of the liquor business. The governor told the audience of several hundred assembled in JMU’s Festival building that it’s high time that the state government sell off its ABC stores, and put money from liquor store licenses toward transportation needs.

Crash Results In DUI Manslaughter Charge

A single-vehicle crash in Rockingham County early Wednesday morning resulted in the death of the passenger.