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That's what one paramedic says of the targeting of ambulance crews. Criminals are after phones and wallets along with medical equipment and drugs. We ride along with a Cape Town crew in a Red Zone.
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Remote Area Medical (RAM) provides essential care at a time of increased need, offering free dental, vision and primary care, in addition to vaccinations, opioid reversal trainings and other services.
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Charges against several protesters arrested at UVa are dropped after witness and video evidence show they did not assault police… A new collaboration gets fresh produce to the tables of families in need, and helps farmers in the Shenandoah Valley too… Jeff Schapiro reviews the week in Virginia politics….
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Two years after its inception, a criminal diversion program in the Albemarle County and Charlottesville court systems is building healing after people have been wronged or hurt. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
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As their first order of business in 2024, the Rockingham County School Board temporarily removed – or prevented the acquisition of – 57 school library books. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A new bill introduced in the General Assembly this session aims to create a public defender office for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Ed Clark, the co-founder and president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, has announced his retirement after more than four decades at the organization's helm. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi sat down with him to talk about the center's origins and impact, and filed this story. -
The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority has now assumed oversight of the state's medical marijuana program. Their first order of business is getting dispensaries set up in the Shenandoah Valley and central Virginia. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Virginia is set to lose about 60 Community Health Workers employed at local health districts by July 1st. WMRA and VPM rural health care reporter Henry Brannon reports. -
In her quest to live a vibrant spiritual life, Charlottesville author, Karen Marsh, introduces readers to people of faith in her new book Wake Up to Wonder. -
Ski resorts in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains are opening up for the winter season. Despite a warming climate, you can still ski the southeast, as WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services is under investigation for misspending millions of dollars for an unknown number of years. In the meantime, it's withheld funding from local agencies for most of 2023 – and the effects are serious. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
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.
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