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…
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…
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…
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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Former Madison Heights restaurant, Sid's Drive In, torn down
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Amherst supervisors not in favor of meals tax hike, support funding fourth ambulance
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Amherst schools' budget plan includes pay raise for employees
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Big plays in crunch time give Amherst win over Rustburg in season opener
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Amherst County Public Schools' virtual career fair set for March 5
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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.
Our latest batch of public records: property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Bedford County.
Update: Eight deaths from COVID-19 in 9-day span reported in Amherst, more vaccine funding announced
UPDATE: Just more than one-third of all Amherst County's coronavirus-related deaths so far were reported in the span of the past nine. The cou…
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Expanding high-speed broadband service in Amherst County has been a hot topic for more than a decade and efforts recently picked up speed in r…
For months, the season’s fate was undetermined. Then, in January, whether meets would take place from week to week was uncertain.
Amherst County’s budget planned for fiscal year 2022 currently is projected at $45.7 million and includes a 1.5% cost of living pay raise for …
Amherst County officials are working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to open the back side of the county’s landfill in M…
Amherst Middle School leaders honored as Ambassadors of Kindness
Hundreds of American flags dotted the front lawn of Grace Episcopal Church on Tuesday, a solemn reminder in Nelson County of the grisly milest…
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Gov. Ralph Northam’s executive order called for the closure of all nonessential service…
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