Central Virginia Community College is offering tuition-free college to eligible students through the state's G3 grant program.Â
More than 200 new students will be welcomed to Sweet Briar College this fall — the largest incoming class the college has seen since 2013.
The Virginia Department of Education, alongside the Virginia Department of Health, is urging all Virginia elementary schools to enforce mask m…
Amherst County Public Schools is advertising a Request for Proposal to hire an architectural and engineering firm to design construction of a …
As of mid-July, Amherst County Public Schools had 77 students enrolled in the Virtual Virginia online program, the platform in the 2021-22 sch…
Doing flips on furniture and the backyard trampoline has led to a passion for gymnastics for Amherst Middle School student A.J. Thomas.
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Our latest batch of public records: property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Appomattox County.
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Buying cigarettes in the town of Amherst soon will become a nickel less expensive than purchasing the product in Amherst County.
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