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RINGGOLD – Governor Ralph Northam stopped by Pittsylvania County late Tuesday morning to announce a startup company’s plans to invest $5.8 million into the area.

As students across the country prepare coordinated walkouts next week in protest of gun violence at schools, public school divisions in Lynchburg and Nelson and Amherst counties are providing structured opportunities for students to express sympathy for the victims of…

A third advisory council tasked to aid Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is tackling how the story of former enslaved people at the historical site in Forest is perceived by visitors.

A Lynchburg grand jury returned indictments Monday related to two city robberies and one rape case.

A pilot program for an adult wellness center at Cross Road Baptist Church in Evington is just the latest example of how churches are caring for more than congregants’ souls.

Lynchburg Mayor Joan Foster will not seek another term on Lynchburg City Council.

Due to a break in the raw waterline from the Pedlar Reservoir, the city of Lynchburg is now drawing 50 percent of its water from the James River, according to the Lynchburg Department of Water Resources.

When it was in the 80s on Feb. 22, you knew deep down that we wouldn't march into spring without at least some wintry flirtations in the weeks ahead.

A Lynchburg man died after being shot Sunday night, police said.

More than a year ago, as he was attempting to fend off a primary challenge from an opponent dead set against the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines, then-Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam called for the contentious projects to “be held…