Boys & Girls Clubs Raise $9000 in Phonathon Drive
Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's Boys & Girls Clubs raised about $9,000 after a three night phonathon led by Executive Director Todd Bale. The funds will help eligible youth join the summer program, with more than 250 gifts recorded and the goal nearly doubled.
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Light At End Of The Tunnel Gets Brighter
May payrolls show fewer layoffs with 345000 jobs lost, the smallest monthly drop since the financial crisis began. Jobless rate rises to 9.4 percent, likely climbing toward 10.8 percent postwar peak as hiring remains weak and unemployment remains high. Ian Shepherdson warns the improvement is limited despite the lighter job losses.
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IBR Searches Still A Mystery
Dozens of federal agents raided the Georges brothers and IBR linked properties in Page County over a year ago seizing thousands of documents and about $215 000 in cash Investigators probe potential ties to a cockfighting ring and to Sheriff Daniel Presgraves with no charges filed against the Georges Prosecutor misconduct claims include attempts to unseal an affidavit for warrants and ongoing questions about the scope of the federal probe.
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Parents Rally To Reinstate Teacher Valerie Mayes
Leaders of Bring Back Valerie Mayes vow to press Rockingham County School Board until the fourth grade teacher is rehired. Board chair John Myers says the panel will not reconsider and followed grievance policy after Mayes was fired on May 8 for an anonymous letter to administrators. Parents formed a group, drawing hundreds of supporters on social media as hometown residents express concern weeks before summer break.
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Campaign Targets In-State Colleges For Virginia Governors Race
The Washington Post reports three Democratic contenders for Virginia governor hear parents complain that high achieving Virginia students are being shut out of top state schools. Access to affordable education dominates the primary as middle class voters question private college affordability.
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