Port Republic News

The local county and municipal ballots for the Nov. 3 general election took shape with last week's filing deadline for candidates.

A Civil War trail in Elkton and a preservation march next year in Rockingham County are among projects aided by nearly $46,500 in federal funds to preserve history in the region.

Construction on the expansion of Port Republic Road in Rockingham County is one step closer.

James Madison University is in the midst of building or designing almost $260 million worth of capital projects.

PORT REPUBLIC - Sherry Helsley Gordon, 54, of Port Republic peacefully passed away on April 3, 2009 in the loving company of her family, friends and pastor.

Eric Paulson insists that he is, finally, where he long sought to be. "This was always the position I wanted," said Paulson, who on March 1 assumed the post of executive secretary for the Virginia State Dairymen's Association.

A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters .

The latest list of the nation's most endangered Civil War properties does not include Cross Keys and Port Republic, as in previous listings compiled by the Civil War Preservation Trust.

When he took the helm of the Virginia State Dairymen's Association, Dale Allan Gardner brought his late dad's energy with him.

On a recent day, Cub Run Elementary School students heard a sound during their morning announcements that many may never have heard before.

Though bone dry in winter, a stream usually trickles into Blacks Run from a drainage pipe under Acorn Drive near Rodamer's Landscaping.

A Port Republic man who police say rammed a police cruiser in Grottoes in September was indicted Tuesday on two felony charges.

Martha Elizabeth Brunk Showalter, 90, of Harrisonburg, Va., formerly of Elida, died peacefully in her sleep Jan.

For the third time in a year, an armed bandit robbed a restaurant delivery driver in the 200 block of Port Republic Road.

More than 20 years of attending the annual Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Convention has only served as a reminder to Chuck Ahrend that the commonwealth's best-known agricultural gathering values its ...

City Council, in its last meeting before the new council takes office next month, approved rezoning a nearly 20,000-square-foot residential lot for business use.

PORT REPUBLIC - Mary Ann Morris Knight, 82, of Port Republic, went to be with her heavenly father on Dec.

For Rockingham County farmers like Steve Saufley, a huge attraction of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation is the fellowship.