The Rockbridge Area YMCA will provide emergency child care to health care workers and first responders in Rockbridge County, Lexington and Buena Vista.
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest officials have temporarily shut down use of all campgrounds, bathrooms, OHV trails, trail shelters and many day-use areas.
The Community Foundation for Rockbridge, Bath and Alleghany has established a COVID-19 Local Response Fund with charitable contributions from donors and corporate sponsorships.
The Supreme Court of Virginia extended its “state of judicial emergency” another three weeks, postponing court cases until at least after April 26 in light of the coronavirus pandemic. With these suspensions in place, the former Rockbridge Regional Jail superintendent John Higgins will go to trial beginning on a continued date of Aug. 17.
Emma Burleson of Lexington, a junior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Ecuador.
Lexington Public Works workers have been among those still hard at work during the coronavirus outbreak. Here, utility crew supervisor James Perry helps hoist a new waterline into place during a two-day waterline replacement project on Jefferson Street two weeks ago. The new waterline will serve the building at 22 W. Nelson St. formerly occupied by The Ladies’ Habit. (Claudia Schwab photo)
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is in high demand as local health care workers are feeling a strain on their resources amid the COVID-19 health emergency.
During this public health crisis, United Way of Rockbridge reminds everyone of an important resource, 211VIRGINIA, that makes it easy to access services in this community and statewide.
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last week.
