Forrest L. Gager Jr. "Gage" passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020, at the age of 98, at Westminster Canterbury, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Gage (B…
Thomas Landon "Tommy" Boggs, 38, died on Thursday, August 6, 2020. Tommy was born on July 1, 1982, in Martinsville, Virginia. Tommy had a pass…
Centra Health is now allowing patients at its facilities to have one visitor, as long as they abide by a list of requirements to ensure health…
Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, churches and other settings continue to spread COVID-19 to residents in Central Virginia.
Virginia is the the first U.S. state to use a new smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Virginia's candidates for U.S. Senate will debate at least three times in advance of the November election.
Facial coverings, a hot-button topic that has drawn debate across the country during the novel coronavirus pandemic, landed front and center a…
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Amherst County has received a grant from the National Park Service through the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program. The grant p…
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Virginia schools won't receive normal accreditation ratings from the Department of Education for the next two years.
Across the country, colleges and universities are braced for their enrollments to decline in the COVID-19 era. Their main questions are how mu…
The Virginia High School League has loosened restrictions for teams practicing during Phase Three, allowing for more team-oriented practices.
The Thomas Jefferson Health District will hold free drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Nelson County on Aug. 5 and registration currently is open.
Republican legislators want to add limits to the governor's emergency powers while enhancing those of the Virginia General Assembly.
March 23, 1929 - July 26, 2020 Ramona Ann Sanders Stevens "Granny Ann", 91, of Madison Heights, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2020. Twice ma…
The Office of the State Inspector General has substantiated several allegations leveled at the Virginia Parole Board after investigating compl…
SWEET BRIAR—Forty-eight Sweet Briar College alumnae returned to the college this week to help get campus ready for students to return next week.
AMHERST — Fielding concerns of reopening school as COVID-19 cases more than doubled in the past month in Amherst, the county’s school board vo…
Kevin O'Shea Thomas, 45, departed this life on July 17, 2020, at the Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Va. He was born on May 5, …
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