Shenandoah News

Temp: 52.0 F Wind Chill: 51 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Each evening at dusk, Bluefield becomes a scene reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." Along with East River Mountain, Bluefield is a main migration corridor for birds heading south for the winter.

Temp: 52.0 F Wind Chill: 51 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report.

Temp: 52.0 F Wind Chill: 51 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Alcoa Howmet is laying off 250 workers, or nearly a quarter of its work force, at its Hampton manufacturing plant.

Temp: 50.0 F Wind Chill: 48 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: A pair of former New Market volunteer firefighters have been sentenced in an arson case in Shenandoah County.

Wind Chill: 35 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: An inmate who escaped from a minimum security work camp is back in custody.

Wind Chill: 35 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Hospitals in the New River Valley are getting ready to go tobacco-free, even outside their buildings.

Wind Chill: 32 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: A recent study says Virginia has the second-dirtiest waterways among the 50 states.

Temp: 50.0 F Wind Chill: 46 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Flood warnings remain in effect in parts of western Virginia as rain pushes rivers above flood stage.

Wind Chill: 35 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: A piece of piracy's recent history has arrived in Norfolk.

Some dedicated residents in the Town of Shenandoah have been meeting for nearly two decades, cooking and catering to other residents, who may not be able to cook for themselves.

Wind Chill: 37 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Police have arrested three juveniles following a lockdown at Danville Community College.

The Page County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a fire that occurred in the early morning hours of Oct.

Just after noon on Sunday two Norfolk Southern diesel locomotives pulled a passenger train into Shenandoah and discharged several hundred people at the depot.

Lt. Col. Mark Dotson addresses the crowd Monday during the Coors Veterans Group's annual Veterans Day event.

Wind Chill: 37 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Two men accused of plotting to kill former Berryville Town Council woman Gail Smith have been arraigned.

Brochures from the state call the Shenandoah River "the most beautiful river in the country." Some environmental groups have labeled it one of the state's most polluted waterways.

Wind Chill: 40 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: U.S. senators are calling for an investigation into potential safety lapses at Metro.

See updated information at end of article. It's breast cancer awareness month, and Shenandoah Memorial Hospital is hosting a Pink Tea next Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

Sheriff John Thomas talks with Capt. Jason Pettit on Tuesday at Springfield Elementary.

Strasburg - With this article, we launch our new web feature, "Hot Sites." Daily, as editors of 7Bends.com and 7Bends of the Shenandoah Valley magazine, we come across websites that are of interest to our changing lives - from a practical, entertainment and/or technology perspective.A And, we also receive emails from our visitors suggesting web ...