Mechanicsville-Ashland Local

09/28/2025

Randolph-Macon College celebrates Spotswood Village opening

09/28/2025

Hanover’s public safety community this week is continuing to mourn the loss of communications officer Tiffany Dowdy, who died suddenly last week.

09/28/2025

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory or call the Keeble

09/28/2025

Montpelier Branch

09/28/2025

Hanover County leaders, regional and state partners, and enthusiastic trail users gathered in Ashland on Sept. 24 to celebrate the long-awaited opening of Hanover’s 4.8-mile section of the Fall Line

09/28/2025

IN THE NEWS

09/28/2025

The Democrat contrasts with her Republican rival, John Reid, in temperament, as well as in positions on issues.

09/27/2025

If you ask someone on the Hanover or Atlee football teams about what the Battle of the 301 means, they'll say it's a rivalry game, one that's important in the

09/27/2025

Headlined by three interceptions and a pivotal fumbled punt recovered for a score, Patrick Henry charged into enemy territory to hand Mechanicsville its 10th straight loss in Hanover County’s most

09/27/2025

Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-11th, doesn't want the federal government to shut down on Tuesday night because his Northern Virginia district would be one of worst hit by the economic fallout.

But Walkinshaw, elected earlier this month in 50-point landslide, said it's already too late to prevent the pain that President Donald Trump has inflicted on federal employees, contractors and the local businesses that depend on them.

Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-11th, doesn't want the federal government to shut down on Tuesday night because his Northern Virginia district would be one of worst hit by the economic fallout. But Walkinshaw, elected earlier this month in 50-point landslide, said it's already too late to prevent the pain....

09/26/2025

Charles City County, which has had to borrow money two years in a row just to pay its bills, is looking to borrow still more, incurring the additional cost of that, in order to get back on its financial feet.

09/26/2025

ARLINGTON - Gov. Glenn Youngkin came to George Mason University to celebrate a break-through in educating the next generation of nuclear power operators on Thursday, but he soon found himself sitting next to the man at the center of a political battle over the governance of the university.

Mason President Greg Washington has been fighting to keep his job under pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump, one of the governor's allies in a push to rid public universities of "diversity, equity and inclusion" initiatives in admissions and hiring.

But there were few signs of the political cloud over the university as Washington and Youngkin publicly thanked each other during the dedication of the Energy Exploration, or E2, Center, at Fuse on Mason Square, which Virginia tax dollars helped to finance as part of the state's incentive package for Amazon to build its East Coast headquarters in nearby Crystal City.

ARLINGTON - Gov. Glenn Youngkin came to George Mason University to celebrate a break-through in educating the next generation of nuclear power operators on Thursday, but he soon found himself sitting next to the man at the center of a political battle over the governance of the university. Mason Pre...