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We Invite You To Tell Your COVID-19 Story

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 11:44am

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RCHS Expanding Project Based Learning

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Rockbridge County High School has partnered with PBLWorks, a subset of the Buck Institute for Education, to bring Project Based Learning (PBL) to the high school. The idea was originally adopted in 2018, yet Covid concerns resulted in implementation setbacks.

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Tourism Board Awards Funds To Event Planners

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

The Rockbridge Regional Tourism Board has awarded more than $9,500 to local event planners in phase two of its event sponsorship program, an initiative approved in March 2021 to assist with COVID-19 recovery in 2021 and 2022.

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Booster Shots Now Offered To All Adults

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Booster doses of Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are now approved for all adults.

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County Delays Cigarette Tax Start Until April 1

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Rockbridge County’s 25-centsper-pack cigarette tax is to take effect April 1. The Board of Supervisors on Monday approved postponing the effective date of the new tax by three months, from the originally intended date of Jan. 1.

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GOVERNMENT BRIEFS

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Lexington City Council adopted a resolution at its regular meeting Nov. 4 approving the city’s participation in a proposed settlement of opioid-related claims against McKesson, Cardinal Health, Amerisourcebergen, Janssen and their related corporate entities.

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‘LOVE’ Comes To Buena Vista

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Virginia Tourism’s life-sized LOVE artwork has returned to the Rockbridge area.

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NB Man Charged With Attempted Murder

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

A Natural Bridge Station man allegedly held a knife to a woman’s throat in the bathroom of a house in Rockbridge County Sunday afternoon. But thanks to Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office deputies, the woman is alive, and the man is in custody.

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City Wreath Preparations

Published on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:00am

Lexington Public Works Department crew members (in photo above) Scotty Golden (left), Joe Hendricks (center) and Geoff Glass (right) load a rack of wreaths onto a trailer Tuesday as they prepared to decorate the city light poles for the holidays last night. There are over 80 wreaths that take five to six people up to eight hours to mount on poles across town. Crews planned to start the mounting process, beginning with lampposts on the city’s bridges, at 10 last night. BELOW, crew member Cody Taylor uses a front-end loader to lift the rack of wreaths above the trailer’s ramp, where it had gotten stuck as crews tried to roll it into place. AT RIGHT, Glass pushes the wreaths onto the trailer. (Emma Coleman photos)