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Officials Detail Close Call With Flooding; Video Now Available

Officials Detail Close Call With Flooding; Video Now Available

By Roberta Anderson
From Goshen to Glasgow, the sodden soil seemingly refused...

Fire-Rescue Commission Idea Still Tabled In Buena Vista

By Ed Smith
A resolution to support the creation of a regional fire and rescue commission remains tabled in Buena Vista.


A motion Thursday by Buena Vista City Councilman Frankie Hogan to “untable” the resolution failed for lack of a second. City Council voted Dec. 17 to table the resolution for 60 days. Lexington City Council and the Rockbridge County Board of...

Board Approves Fairfield Area Tower

The AT&T/New Cingular Wireless tower planned for south of Fairfield was approved Monday by the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors.


A special exception permit was granted for a 120-foot-tall micro-pole with interior antennas that’s to be erected on a site off of Sunnybrook Road, between Interstate 81 and U.S. 11.


During a public hearing, neighbors on both sides of the issue addressed...

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From Haiti: 'We Really Need Help'

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...

Moving Days

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...

Projects Get Stimulus Bonds

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...

Bond: There's Much More To Do

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...

Public Bus Proposal Outlined

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...

County Zone Change Not Needed For Shop

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...

Cadets Honor New Governor

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...

PSA Seeks Movement On Water Loop Issue

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...

Lifestyle Change Could Reduce Health Needs

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...

Residents Show Generous Spirit In Wake Of Haiti Earthquake

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...

Remember Our 'Church' Members, Especially In Haiti

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...

Helping Hands

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...

Open For People And Pets

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...

Reader Enjoys Bouchelle Column, But Has Questions

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,...



NPR Reporter To Speak At W&L On Afghanistan

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 To Close Two Hours Early

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...

Actor To Speak At Lenfest Center

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....

4-H Share-the-Fun Tryouts Next Month

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...

Supervisors, School Board Ask Assembly To Rethink Composite Index

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...

Relay For Life Kickoff Meeting Postponed

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,...

Brethren Four Cancels Saturday Appearance

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...

W&L Dancers To Game, Tweet

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, Founding Member Of Artists In Cahoots, Dies At Age 94

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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