WMRA News (Features & Briefs)

As winter arrives in the Shenandoah Valley, people experiencing homelessness are caught between dropping temperatures and soaring housing costs. WMRA's rural health reporter Henry Brannan has more.

For more than two decades hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia walked through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the southern mountains. Then, in 1952, the trail was moved.

A recent fire at the AccuTec factory in Verona resulted in oily water washing into the Middle River, which the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is monitoring. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

A former employee has sued James Madison University in federal court for alleged racial discrimination. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

A Virginia artist is selling paintings of wildlife to raise money for The Nature Conservancy. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Skyline Literacy is a local non-profit in Harrisonburg that has been providing literacy and English language education for local adult learners for over thirty years.

A community group traveled to Charlottesville on Thursday as part of their efforts to bring public transit back to Rockingham County. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Harrisonburg is home to one of the six resettlement agencies that serve refugees coming to Virginia. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with two young people who have made their home here, and are now pursuing careers to give back to the community.

With RSV at a multi-year high in Virginia, and both COVID and flu rates on the rise, the respiratory virus season has arrived.

An Augusta County program that provides an alternative to criminal prosecution for nonviolent people with mental health or substance abuse issues recently won a $1 million federal grant. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.