  BY JOANN WARE
David Bradley was supposed to have boarded a plane bound for Haiti on Jan. 15.
The retired Buena Vista man had been looking forward... |   Classes Shift At Downing
BY KIT HUFFMAN
Was it just coincidence that the move by the Lexington School Board into the Lylburn Downing Community Center, signaling the... | BY KIT HUFFMAN
Improvements to two area middle school buildings will receive a financial boost through the allocation of no-interest Qualified School Construction Bonds announced last... |   Civil Rights Leader Speaks At King Event
BY JONATHAN SCHWAB
An activist in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Julian Bond told a packed... | Hearing On Application For Funding Next Week
BY ROBERTA ANDERSON
Easily accessible transportation is one of the biggest obstacles in breaking the cycle of poverty.
This was one... | BY ED SMITH
Plans for establishing an expanded rural village district at Rockbridge Baths have been scuttled, but Kay Smith’s plans for reopening a flower and... |   The Virginia Military Institute corps of cadets didn’t let a bottleneck at the entrance to the state Capitol that blocked their route for several minutes... | BY ROBERTA ANDERSON
The discussion continues to go around in a circle about what to do about the water transmission loop around Lexington.
Everyone affected by the... | Jan. 18, 2009
Editor, The News-Gazette:
Thanks to Hugh Bouchelle for the informative, well-written take on proposed health-care changes and how it’s the latest Frankenstein monster. As... | Jan. 18, 2010
Editor, The News-Gazette:
In the wake of one of the most horrific disasters of our time, the American people have been exceedingly generous in... | Jan. 18, 2010
Editor, The News-Gazette:
I have a confession to make: I’m a part-time seminary student at a school in Richmond, Ind., and at the beginning... | Toy Donations Appreciated
The Lexington office of Farm Credit & Country Mortgages received 90 toys for local children from its customers and the community in December... |   Barb Ramirez (center) smiles as the ceremonial ribbon is cut at the new location of her business, Barb’s Bakery for People and Pets. With Ramirez... | Jan. 18, 2009
Editor, The News-Gazette:
Keep publishing those columns by Hugh Bouchelle. I enjoy hearing his views on how things in this country are falling apart,... |
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 | For more than two decades, Jackie Northam has covered the world as a radio correspondent, working for such networks as CBC Canada, Monitor Radio and... | Rockbridge County schools will close two hours early today, Thursday, due to the impending icy weather.
Also, all activities scheduled for the visit today by Gen. Anthony... |   Kevin Spirtas will bring his experiences on Broadway and in cinema and television to the Lenfest Center’s Keller Theatre Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m.... | Tryouts have been scheduled for the 2010 Rockbridge County 4-H Share-the-Fun contest. The tryouts, for talents including vocal, dance, instrumental, expressive arts and comedy, are... | By Kit Huffman
Acting with a sense of urgency, the Rockbridge County School Board and Board of Supervisors passed a joint resolution Wednesday night asking... | The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life kickoff meeting scheduled for tonight, Thursday, has been postponed because of weather.
It will now be held next Thursday,... | The Brethren Four will not be appearing at the Natural Bridge Christian Fellowship gospel sing this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m.
For more... |   Nine guest artists will perform with the W&L Repertory Dance Company Thursday and Friday, Jan. 28 and 29, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 30,... | George Makinson III, 94, of Lexington, a well-known local artist and founding member of the Artists in Cahoots cooperative gallery, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010,... |
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