High Water Strands Driver, Damages Bridge
BY ROBERTA ANDERSON
The Natural Bridge area was among those hardest hit by Monday’s heavy rains with as much as 3.57 inches of precipitation falling in the southeast portion of the county.
Members of the Glasgow and Natural Bridge fire departments assisted with voluntary evacuations on Back Run Road and other locations in that area. Glasgow firefighters returned to find their own station on Rockbridge Road filled with water.
Natural Bridge firefighters came to the rescue of a driver...
Buena Vista's John Alderding IV Among VMI Graduation Speakers
Two hundred and forty-four graduates of Virginia Military Institute received their diplomas from Superintendent Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III Wednesday morning, in commencement exercises at Cameron Hall.
In a short and...
Remembering At Relay
The names of those who have died from cancer are read during the luminary ceremony Friday night at the annual Rockbridge Relay for Life. In the background is the “Hill...
BV Council Set To Hike Tax Rates
$1.07 Real Estate Rate, Cigarette Tax Favored
BY ED SMITH
Buena Vista City Council appears ready to enact a 14- cent real estate tax increase that would put the rate...
Lime Kiln Returns 'Letters'
Updated Play Starts Thursday
Back in June of 1846, some Lexington ladies who sponsored a local fair showed their appreciation to the editor of the Lexington Gazette – one of the...
First Senior Expo Next Tuesday
Information, Prizes Offered At VHC
Senior citizens from around the region are expected to descend on Lexington next Tuesday, May 22, for the first Shenandoah Valley Senior Expo. The expo will...
Mission Board Strategist To Speak At Manly Sunday
Dr. Tom Stocks, field strategist for the Ridge Valley Region for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board in Richmond, will speak at Manly Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday, May 20, during...
R.E. Lee Church Marks Ascension Day Thursday
R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church will observe Ascension Day tomorrow, Thursday, with Evensong at 6 p.m.
Ascension Day marks the conclusion of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances and the day in...
