County Rezoning Revisions Endorsed

Board Directs Staff To Prepare Ordinance

BY ED SMITH

A major overhaul of Rockbridge County's zoning laws is moving forward at long last

Following a joint public hearing...

Rowing Again On The Maury

Members of the Harry Lee rowing team head down the Maury River near Jordans Point Saturday afternoon in the first Washington and Lee boat...

Lexington's Tax Rate Goes Up 3.5 Cents

BY ROBERTA ANDERSON

The new tax rate for property owners in the city of Lexington will actually be 1 cent lower than originally anticipated as City...

County School Board Trims Salary Hike

BY KIT HUFFMAN

They took a hit, but not a big one this time.

Teachers in Rockbridge County will receive a 4.5 percent salary increase next year,...

Buena Vista Public Hearing Thursday

BY ED SMITH

When Buena Vista City Council adopts a budget and sets a tax rate later this month, it will do so without the benefit...

Hospice Pays Off Mortgage

John Rafferty (at left), outgoing president of the Rockbridge Area Hospice board, and Duaine Fitzgerald, executive vice president of the Bank of Botetourt, talk on...

VMI Schedules Memorial Service For Mercardante

Virginia Military Institute has scheduled a memorial service for Marine 1st Sgt. Luke C. Mercardante, a former ROTC instructor at the college who was killed...

GOP Headquarters Opens

Rep. Bob Goodlatte prepares to cut the ceremonial ribbon at the grand opening of the Rockbridge Area Republican Party headquarters in Lexington Saturday. The headquarters...

Mothers Honored At Pentecostal Church Sunday

Lexington Pentecostal Holiness Church will be honoring every mother present at the church on Mother's Day, May 11, with a special gift.

Also, the youngest, the...

Slater Elected President Of VMI Board Of Visitors

Thomas G. Slater Jr., a partner in the Richmond law firm Hunton & Williams, was elected president of Virginia Military Institute's board of visitors at...

Clements Honored By YBR

Alice Waddell (at left) congratulates William Clements as she announced that the cafeteria at the new Yellow Brick Road Early Learning Center had been named...

Partnership's First Community Meeting In Raphine Tuesday

The Rockbridge Partnership will hold the first of a series of community meetings next Tuesday, May 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Raphine firehouse.

"The...

Elizabeth Branner Named To Law School Post

Elizabeth Outland Branner has been named director of advancement for the Washington and Lee University School of Law, effective immediately. She succeeds Paul Gardner in...

RATS Receives Grant For Rides To Work

With a "Getting To Work – Part 2" grant from Wachovia Foundation, Rockbridge Area Transportation System will once again provide subsidized transportation to jobs for...

CPR Trained At ROAC

Rockbridge Area Occupational Center staff members completed their annual CPR training with the Blue Ridge Chapter of Red Cross on April 11. For employers who...

Czekner Agent In Fairfield Real Estate Office

John Czekner Jr. of Fairfield has joined the United Country Real Estate office in Fairfield as an agent.

Czekner recently retired from the Department of the...