A helicopter is to be used to transport components for power transmission line towers that are to be erected alongside U.S. 501 between the Balcony Falls substation at Glasgow and Amherst County. The new towers are to replace existing ones that are nearly 100 years old as part of a modernization project of the utility infrastructure.
Dr. Laura Kornegay has been selected to be the executive director of Rockbridge Recovery, an organization that provides services for individuals recovering from addiction.
By Anneliese Schneider Over a week after the Matts Creek Fire was fully contained, restoration and monitoring work continues in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
Jonathan Armstrong Watkins, 36, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in Rockbridge County Circuit Court on Tuesday for charges related to the murder of Katrina Dudley on Dec. 10, 2021.
A local company played a big role in helping set up the command operations center at the Stonebridge building at Natural Bridge Station, formerly Natural Bridge High School, during the effort to contain the Matts Creek fire.