The Buena Vista end of the Chessie Nature Trail is getting a lot more foot traffic this year. The increased usage has been up all year but was especially high during the first three months of the pandemic.
A $2.2 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant awarded earlier this year is to help pay for extending broadband infrastructure to four designated project areas in Rockbridge County.
As a part of Augusta Health’s strategic plan, Journey 2025, and its commitment to the community to expand and enhance access to outpatient services throughout the region, Augusta Medical Group announced Tuesday that it will open a primary care practice in Buena Vista.
Lexington public works employees Monday afternoon fill in one of the sections of Washington Street that had to be excavated to repair water line breaks that caused a large section of downtown not to have running water that morning. Director Jeff Martone said early that morning a valve had blown at the intersection of Washington and Jefferson streets, which caused two more breaks, one in front of Sweet Things, and the other on Jefferson itself. “To my knowledge the line that failed is a newer pipe but for whatever reason, back in the day, they set an older valve on that line,” he said. (Darryl Woodson photo)
A joint meeting of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors and School Board that was scheduled for today, Thursday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m., at the School Board office, has been cancelled.
