AMHERST — Amherst County Public Schools is set to receive a funding influx of just more than $344,000 in the 2021-22 fiscal year based on the …
Our latest batch of public records: property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Appomattox County.
Lynchburg-area school divisions grapple with learning loss, increase in failing grades amid pandemic
School divisions across the nation are seeing an increase in failure rates as remote learning has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, a…
After a long wait for the pandemic-altered season, William Campbell spoiled Darrin McKenzie's head coaching debut for the Nelson County Govern…
Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new group called "Stop the Virus" composed of Nelson County residents is fighting to halt the spre…
As Amherst County Public Schools has ramped up vaccinations among the majority of the division’s just more than 700 employees, the number of p…
Virginia has reported nearly 1,600 COVID deaths in past 10 days. Most are from December and January.
Three months after Thanksgiving, the first holiday to spark a surge that would culminate in an increase of nearly 10,000 cases in a single day…
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The Nelson County Planning Commission in a split 4-1 vote deferred a special use permit application to construct a banquet hall in the county'…
The county has retained Daleville-based Wampler-Eanes Appraisal Group Ltd. to perform Nelson's 2022 General Reassessment, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
Six years ago today, on March 3, 2015, the board of directors of Sweet Briar College in Amherst County announced the school would close that A…
Nelson County Sheriff's Office calls from Feb 16 to 21
The majority of the Amherst County Board of Supervisors is leaning against a 2-percentage-point increase to the county’s meals tax as a potent…
In a Seminole District football matchup 440-plus days in the making, the Amherst Lancers, thanks to defensive stops toward the end of each hal…
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The Nelson County Planning Commission during its Feb. 24 meeting unanimously set a public hearing currently planned for March for a batch of c…
Well, folks, it’s time for a little history lesson. In the late 1990s Democrat Bill Clinton actually had at least one year when the federal bu…
Our tabby cats Beth and Lynx look like perfect bookends when they sit side by side. Beth has been living at Almost Home for 11 years. She spen…
Roxy, a 1-year-old, 44-pound sweet American Pitbull Terrier is a little shy in new situations. She walks on leash, is crate trained and house …
This sweet boy is Jack!
For many pre-K through third grade students at Nelson County's elementary schools, it wasn't exactly a welcome back to school as they stepped …
Amherst County Public Schools is hosting a virtual education career fair on March 5.
A federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the feeding and religious rights of the last resident at Central Virginia…
A 3% pay raise for employees is recommended in Amherst County Public Schools’ proposed $53.8 million budget for fiscal year 2022, which includ…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Amherst County’s housing saw an increase in zoning permits, single-family homes and accessory structures in 2020.
Virginia's General Assembly completed the work of a hybrid legislative session on Saturday that sought to transform Virginia's criminal justic…
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The former home of Sid’s Drive In — a familiar sight along the U.S. 29 Business corridor in Madison Heights known for its hamburgers, hot dogs…
RUSTBURG — The chances were there.
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