Category: Harrisonburg Issues
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Rocktown HS is about to open — here’s a sneak peek at what awaits students
In these last days before Rocktown High School officially opens to students, the school’s teachers and staff are putting the finishing touches on classrooms and preparing for the first day of school.
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Harrisonburg urges water conservation efforts as drought conditions mount
For the first time in his life, Public Utilities Director Mike Collins believes Harrisonburg may be entering a drought with conditions that are already requiring some large water users to voluntarily conserve water.
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Harrisonburg schools prohibit students from using personal phones during school day
Students in Harrisonburg City Public Schools will have to finish texting and scrolling social media on their phones before school starts and wait until after the final bell rings to resume, now that the school board approved a new cell phone policy.
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An Arms Race in Cross Keys
Vern Huffman stopped at a Sheetz. “I was getting gas and it was going all over the ground.” Turns out a rodent had chewed open the fuel line.
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City leaders ‘move from injustice to justice’ through sustainability education
Harrisonburg will apply for a grant aimed at helping disadvantaged communities reduce pollution and make neighborhoods more resilient to climate change.
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City gives Dayton last piece for planned nature trail around Silver Lake
Harrisonburg City Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved granting the town of Dayton the final piece for constructing a nature trail around Silver Lake.
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Harrisonburg’s population goes down but households in poverty ticks up
Although Harrisonburg’s total population decreased by 278 people from 2023 to 2024, the number of households in poverty increased by 356, or 2% of the city’s population.
With state grant funding, HPD provides increased security for city’s Jewish & Muslim congregations
Passing the parking lot of Beth El Congregation in Harrisonburg, when you see a city police car parked in the closest spot to the street, it’s not a random occurrence. It’s for maximum visibility as part of a state-funded program to tighten security at the city’s Jewish and Islamic places of worship – a response to dangers posed by religious hatred nationwide and globally, especially since the Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza.
