Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is scheduled to speak at the Madison Heights Community Center in Amherst County on Saturday.
When the world shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some used the isolation time for baking, at-home workouts and card games. For other…
Supporters of Second Stage Amherst gathered Saturday to celebrate the historic designation of its building and a garden dedicated to two talen…
Virginia could be on the path to exceeding its worst months of the pandemic in September if cases and vaccination rates stay the same while th…
A new residential development consisting of 36 patio homes and 14 townhome units is cleared for construction on South Coolwell Road following …
As COVID-19 transmission begins to pick up, Lynchburg General Hospital is again starting to see the number of infected patients in the double …
AMHERST — Mask-wearing will be optional in Amherst County Public Schools during the 2021-22 school year, but if COVID-19 case levels rise to a…
Virginia will not require people who live in areas where COVID-19 is surging to wear masks inside indoor public spaces, declining to make the …
The Diamond Hill neighborhood is filled with big, beautiful, ornate historical homes and those on Washington Street are no exception.
Centra Health will be working closer with University of Virginia Health by the end of this year to provide smoother transitions and boosted se…
A faith-based lawsuit seeking to block increased protections for transgender students in Virginia public schools classrooms beginning this fal…
While Central Virginia Community College won't require its students and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, it is working to encourage its …
Amherst County officials are investing an additional $20,000 on top of a previous $35,000 contribution toward constructing a new secondary pub…
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Local probation and pretrial services earlier this month became available in the Amherst County court system, which provide evaluations of def…
Amherst County’s Economic Development Authority has administered more than $1.8 million in grants to help the business community during the CO…
A breakdown of Amherst County’s spending of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the American Rescue Plan…
The Amherst County Board of Supervisors on July 20 appointed Sam Bryant, the county’s director of public safety, as the county’s new fire marshal.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.(AGAR) with partial funding from Centra and Amherst Woman’s Club, has established a program to virtually teac…
Faced with a potential fourfold increase in payroll taxes on Virginia businesses, Gov. Ralph Northam wants to deposit $862 million in the stat…
The pandemic is getting worse. The risk of the delta variant mutating into future strains that could evade vaccines is becoming a fearful poss…
Former students of Central High School gathered Saturday at Amherst Middle School to celebrate a new historical marker that commemorates the h…
Our latest batch of public records: property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Lynchburg.
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 …
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