Amherst County’s push for broadband upgrades to reach all areas of the county with high-speed internet is moving forward despite a recent setback.
After months of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Elon Ruritan Club welcomed the community in celebrating its new building with an op…
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Five public parks and two trail networks in Amherst County are set to soon receive a slate of upgrades following approval from the board of su…
The Amherst County Service Authority has increased water and sewer rates that take effect Jan. 1.
A special exception for a new dog grooming business on Horseshoe Creek in northwestern Amherst County has received unanimous approval from the…
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Woman sentenced to 4 years for role in meth network in Amherst County
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Woman to serve six months in Amherst animal-cruelty case
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'The definition of resiliency and kindness': ACHS grad thankful, hopeful four years after surviving car wreck
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Amherst County Crime Log, Oct. 25-Nov. 7
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From hope to disappointment, Amherst reactions mixed on presidential election
In a year of many challenges and hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic that upended aspects of everyday life, Amherst County residents are find…
Now that the November general election in Amherst County has come to an end I would like to give thanks to many people. However, I’m hesitant …
Had it been approved, the increase would have meant an extra $10 per month for the average residential customer.
The departing congressman from Nelson County sees QAnon conspiracy theorists as a threat to the republic and explores the theme of true believ…
AMHERST — A woman was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail after pleading guilty to animal neglect that led to the death of five pets at a …
Update:Â Amherst County Public Schools on Monday, Nov. 23 reported two new positive cases of COVID-19 with one each at Amelon Elementary School…
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The terms will be used to determine who is allowed at games during the quickly approaching winter high school sports season.
AMHERST — Amherst County’s first proposed commercial utility-scale solar farm cleared its first hurdle Thursday after the county planning comm…
Elementary and middle school students won’t have to take history or writing Standards of Learning tests, which are mandated by the state.
An Appomattox County woman was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to several counts of distributing methampheta…
Our latest batch of public records: property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Appomattox County.
A Madison Heights man who robbed a Lynchburg convenience store at gunpoint as part of a false kidnapping setup last summer will spend more tha…
A longtime resident of Old Town Madison Heights, Calvin Carson sees future redevelopment of the Central Virginia Training Center campus as a d…
Amherst Town Council narrowly blocked a developer’s request to place a conservation easement on more than 70 acres around the former Amherst m…
A new capital improvement plan targeting potential projects at all Amherst County Public Schools over the next 15 years received approval from…
Amherst County Public Schools is awaiting guidance from the Virginia High School League on beginning sports during COVID-19 following Gov. Ral…
As a way to determine the amount of learning loss Amherst County Public Schools students experienced during a roughly six-month break from sch…
Several area divisions are in the early stages of planning how they will provide streaming opportunities for fans and how those fans will be a…
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