By Justin Faulconer
In late September, Tamara Stone, despite not having any symptoms, could feel something had come over her. Something wasn’t right.
In the aftermath of a COVID-19 surge that forced the closure of several county government offices to the public, the county has reintroduced a…
Appalachian Power Company is looking for approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to move forward with a project that would upg…
In response to rising cases of COVID-19 in the county, Nelson Memorial Library has suspended its appointment services and is operating for the…
One day after Virginia hit a record high for new cases of COVID-19, the Blue Ridge Health District has transitioned into its next phase for va…
A multi-agency operation has resulted in the arrests of four individuals, two from Nelson County, and seizures of more than a dozen firearms a…
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Days after the U.S. Capitol fell under siege, Lynchburg area residents, some who were in Washington, D.C. that day to peacefully assemble, add…
The number of Lynchburg-area residents out of work is once again on the rise as the still-raging coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc…
Amid rising cases of COVID-19, the Nelson County School Board has postponed its return to school by at least two weeks, a stutter-step for the…
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The four Republicans representing Virginia in the House of Representatives, two from the Roanoke Valley, voted against the second impeachment …
Grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Wintergreen Resort has implemented several changes this year to how the mountain operates.
“All of these roles built upon each other and I would say gave me the confidence to create and build the Rockfish Valley Foundation."
A federal cleanup effort has stretched into the new year as officials continue their assessment and necessary removal of hazardous materials a…
A new website that launched this month aims to bring everything people want to know about Wintergreen, Nelson County’s resort community, in on…
Nelson County Public Schools felt the spirit of giving this holiday season with donations from local companies.

Last year was nearly the warmest and wettest year on record for Virginia, and the overlap of both extremes pushed 2020 into entirely new terri…
A dispute over $2.5 million in undistributed Region 2000 Services Authority funds will be handled in court after authority members gave Region…
The two Roanoke Valley congressmen and a third from the Lynchburg area who cast doubt on the validity of the presidential election results had…
Officials representing Lynchburg area, residents continue to react to protests and lockdown in Washington, D.C.
The Nelson Memorial Library has checked off another one of its fundraising efforts of 2020 with work beginning on the memorial walkway.
For several weeks, if not months, Nelson County was a rural refuge from the pandemic that raged around the county on all sides.
Boxes designed to help address food insecurities during the COVID-19 pandemic are popping up in Nelson County.