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Blood Drive At Kendal Next Week
Blood Drive At Kendal Next Week
Kendal at Lexington will host a blood drive on July 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The blood drive is sponsored by the American Red Cross and is open to the public. 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
City Trail Ready To Walk
City Trail Ready To Walk
Rockbridge Conservation Dedicates Uncas Trail 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
Firm Picked For Innovation Center Project
Firm Picked For Innovation Center Project
Roanoke Firm Submitted Low Bid Of $14 Million 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
Plaque Removals At W&L Create Stir
Plaque Removals At W&L Create Stir
Another battle over Confederate imagery at Washington and Lee University has erupted, this time over Robert E. Lee’s horse. 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
Plans OK’d For New W&L Commerce School
Plans OK’d For New W&L Commerce School
The Lexington City Planning Commission last week approved a certificate of appropriateness and the site plan for the proposed expansion of Washington and Lee University’s Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics. 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
Government Brief
Government Brief
Lexington 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
Government Notices
Government Notices
CITY OF LEXINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITATION TO BID 07/19/2023 12:00 AM
SVU Coach Leaves For Utah Valley
SVU Coach Leaves For Utah Valley
Southern Virginia University’s head men’s basketball coach Adam Wardenburg, who has coached at SVU for the past five years, has been appointed the women’s basketball associate head coach at Division I school Utah Valley University, SVU announced last Wednesday. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
McConnell Earns National Health Care Recognition
McConnell Earns National Health Care Recognition
A Buena Vista native has been honored by CHG Healthcare as a 2022 winner of the Top Women in Healthcare Staffing award. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
FCCLA Members Merit State Awards
FCCLA Members Merit State Awards
Members of the Rockbridge County High School Wildcat chapter of FCCLA traveled to Virginia Beach in April for the annual state conference and leadership competition and brought home a number of awards. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
LDMS Students Win NHD Awards
LDMS Students Win NHD Awards
Lylburn Downing Middle School students Sarah Edgar and Joe Vargas participated in the National History Day competition held June 11-15 in Washington, D.C. They were among 3,000 students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., U.S. territories and Department of Defense and international schools to participate in the national competition. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Mounted Unit Still Riding Forward
Mounted Unit Still Riding Forward
LPD Continues Fundraising, Training 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Diversity Remains Goal At Local Colleges
Diversity Remains Goal At Local Colleges
Schools Respond To Court Ruling 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
A Lesson In Rocks And Quarries
A Lesson In Rocks And Quarries
Virginia Science Teachers Tour Barger’s Quarry 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Southern Inn Restaurant Closes
Southern Inn Restaurant Closes
Space To Be Used For Special Events 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Lightning Likely Cause Of July 3 House Fire
Lightning Likely Cause Of July 3 House Fire
Lightening is believed to be the cause of a house fire in Lexington, as well as an outbuilding fire in Buena Vista, on Monday afternoon, July 3. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Crime Report
Crime Report
The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office made the following felony arrests over the past six weeks: Zeb Anthony Henson, 47, of Lexington, for one felony count of breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny on July 6. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
New Dress Code Proposed For PMHS
New Dress Code Proposed For PMHS
Parry McCluer High School’s principal, Todd Jones, has been working throughout the past year with a committee comprised of students, teachers, and parents to revise the school’s dress code. Jones believes their efforts have developed a more concise and positive dress code for students and teachers. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Goshen Eyes Collecting Lodging Tax Revenues
Goshen Eyes Collecting Lodging Tax Revenues
At its regular meeting on July 6, Goshen Town Council discussed beginning the process of having the town take over collection of the transient occupancy tax (also known as the lodging tax) to keep the revenue generated within the town. Rooms rented in the town are currently subject to a 10 percent transient occupancy tax which is collected by Rockbridge County. 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Town Events Topic In Goshen
Town Events Topic In Goshen
Issue Raised During Budget Hearing 07/12/2023 12:00 AM
Community Farmers Power Rural Communities
Community Farmers Power Rural Communities
“Agriculture is Virginia’s number one industry” is a statement often repeated when we speak of agriculture’s importance to the region and the truth of this statement is derived from economic measures of farm output and value-added products produced in Virginia. By these conventional economic measures, agriculture’s preeminence in Virginia’s economy appears to be largely derived from the value-added poultry and pork products and the employment these food industries bring to the communities where they are located. 07/05/2023 12:00 AM

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