Amherst Town Manager Sara Carter was injured in an accident over the weekend and is recovering in a hospital, Amherst Mayor Dwayne Tuggle anno…
Winton Farm held an Independence Day celebration on the country club and golf course's grounds July 3. While practicing social distancing, att…
Among players, coaches, family members and other baseball fans, the opinion was unanimous. Saturday’s game for area amateurs, at Lynchburg’s b…
The Old Dominion Job Corps in Amherst County has embraced virtual outreach to fill in the lack of typical hands-on training the site offers to…
Amherst County Public Schools for the first time is holding its summer school program entirely through a virtual platform to ensure safety dur…
The Virginia Center for the Arts, which for decades has made its home across from Sweet Briar College, has purchased the land from the women's…
Amherst County officials recently appropriated $4,925 for remediation efforts at a former dumpster site on U.S. 60 West in the Lowesville area…
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Former Texaco gas station, clothing store and tire shop in Monroe demolished
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A former tire shop, gas station and clothing store with 81 years of history at the corner of South Coolwell Road and U.S. 29 Business in Monro…
Amherst County officials are considering modifying the village center district in the county’s zoning ordinance to reflect citizens’ recent fe…
Despite COVID-19 putting a dent into the normal flow of official James River Batteau festivities, the summer tradition continued with a stop i…
Bob Good in the 5th Congressional District and Nicholas Betts in the 6th missed filing deadines to get on the ballot but were granted extensio…
At least $223 million poured into thousands of Lynchburg-area businesses and nonprofits this spring as part of the federal government’s $660 b…
State leaders have updated Virginia's school reopening guidance, reflecting new physical distancing guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Dominion Energy’s decision to abandon the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline and sell its natural gas transmission and storage operations for …
Half a decade of their lives were devoted to fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. As news of its demise broke Sunday, those dedicated to the …
Washington and Lee University faculty passed a motion to remove Robert E. Lee from the name of the small liberal arts college in Lexington.
As fireworks exploded beyond the left-field fence, Jared Glinski and his Western Division teammates raced around the bases at Bank of the Jame…
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead, abandoned by Dominion Energy and its partner, Duke Energy, after the $8 billion project reached a regulat…
Sweet Briar College was built to weather storms. During the Spanish Flu Pandemic, not a single life was lost on campus. And as school official…
Fireworks lit the sky Friday over the Winton Farm golf course in northern Amherst County as gatherers enjoyed a show with social distancing pr…
A 195-foot-tall cell tower Verizon Wireless proposes to install in the Elon area has received a major setback with the Amherst County Planning…
Positive coronavirus test results among people in Lynchburg and surrounding counties jumped significantly in June.
On his first trip out of Norfolk in several months to see friends, Chip Finch was among gatherers who enjoyed fireworks Saturday night from a …
A man was severely injured when a train struck his vehicle in the Galts Mill area of Amherst County early Monday, according to authorities.Â
The Amherst County Museum and Historical Society’s exhibits reopened the public on June 30. The exhibit’s hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday …
A special exception request to allow an event area for weddings, church retreats and other social gatherings in Madison Heights received a una…
Amherst County officials are developing an ordinance that would regulate solar energy projects.
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