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A measure that would have allowed collective bargaining for city employees failed in April. Council discussed adding the issue to November’s ballot as a referendum.
On May 10, the Shenandoah County School Board reversed a 2020 decision by a previous board to rebrand two schools previously named after Confederate Generals Turner Ashby, Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
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Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship committee to award 44 people money for educational programs.
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The film tries to show the Navy’s elite demonstration squad in a new light.
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During the past year, a group of Vietnam veterans, most in their 70’s, shared their stories and photos through an exhibit at the Virginia War Memorial. As the exhibit ends at the War Memorial, there are plans to bring it to more Virginians.
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