Eugene Butler was at a further education course in Bedford on a Monday morning last month, when he got an unexpected email calling for him to come to Richmond.
The largest commercial solar farm proposed to date in Amherst County in the Piney River area received a denial vote from the county’s planning commission on March 16.
Virginia State Police have released new details on a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred March 16 on Virginia 151 in Afton.
The cost of food, housing, transportation and health care have increased in recent months.
Stephanie and Kyle Thomas arrived at the idea for their new Afton bed-and-breakfast after noticing a vacancy during their own travels.
Virginia State Police are investigating two single-car crashes, both with confirmed fatalities.
A Shipman resident with law enforcement experience has announced he is running for Nelson County Sheriff in the Nov. 8 election. Mark Embrey, 45, has filed to run as an independent and is the only declared candidate for the position with the Nelson County Registrar’s Office as of March 13. T…
A Shipman resident with law enforcement experience has announced he is running for Nelson County Sheriff in the Nov. 8 election. Mark Embrey, 45, has filed to run as an independent and is the only declared candidate for the position with the Nelson County Registrar’s Office as of March 13. T…
The Nelson County School Board approved a $31.2 million budget March 9 for fiscal year 2024, to be considered by the board of supervisors during upcoming county budget decisions.
For nearly a century, the water from Little Irish Creek has been largely diverted into the Pedlar Reservoir, Lynchburg’s primary water source, located in the George Washington National Forest in Amherst County.
A Nelson County man was taken into custody after the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office recovered more than 250 grams of methamphetamine during a drug search warrant.
An employee of Saunders Brothers, Inc. has been recognized by the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE). Human Resources Assistant Mari Johnson was awarded the “Doing Good” award at the NCAE’s 59th annual meeting on Jan. 31, according to a March 10 news release from the Piney Riv…
A new restaurant is coming to the former Home Remedies building on Main Street. Owner and chef Herbert Kerschbaumer talked about his plans for Eddie’s Restaurant and Bar at the March 7 Lovingston Village Association meeting.
The Charlottesville area on Sunday had its first, and likely its last, snow day this winter, eight days before the first day of spring.
Non-winter activities are holding up the bottom line
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality scientists are trying to figure out how to reduce the daily flow of a highly carcinogenic toxic chemical compound.
The Daily Progress-News Virginian Regional Spelling Bee Finals brought out 21 of Central Virginia’s stellar spellers, but this year’s champion Nathaniel Hersey refused to F-O-R-F-E-I-T.
Gamblers, mission workers and showgirls will try their luck with love on the Nelson County High School stage this weekend for a three-night run of the Tony-award-winning musical ‘Guys and Dolls.’
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is working with the community to develop a voluntary cleanup plan for the Hat and Black creeks; and while the data points to two stressors on the waterways — excess sediment and phosphorus — finding the sources of those pollutants has proved m…
As it prepares to submit a fiscal year 2024 budget to the Nelson County Board of Supervisors, the Nelson County School Board awaits decisions at the state level that will impact the division’s share of state funding.
A wholesale commercial cabinet shop overcame its first hurdle to relocating to Piney River with a rezoning approval recommendation from the Nelson County Planning Commission.
The Nelson County Community Development Fund (NCCDF) and Virginia Housing are accepting applications for the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List on March 15.
FEB. 12Assist agency, Beech Grove Road; Abandoned vehicle, Patrick Henry Hwy.; Miscellaneous call, Dick Woods Road; Disabled vehicle, Beech Grove Roa; Suspicious person/vehicle, Glade Road; Assist rescue, Harmony Lane; Assist rescue, Front St.; Burglary alarm, Brookside Lane; Miscellaneous c…
Daffodils, cherries, spicebush and red maples are among the early bloomers that think spring has arrived.
Del. Matt Fariss, R-Campbell, faces three charges after state police said he was the driver in a hit-and-run incident that injured a woman in Campbell County.