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Severe weather has knocked out the Virginia State Police Salem Division Headquarters’ ability to receive emergency calls through #77 or its land lines, according to state police.

The Lynchburg branch of Virginia Legal Aid Society will continue to receive funding from the city after Lynchburg City Council approved $11,699 in discretionary funds for the organization by a vote of 5-2 in a meeting this week, with council…

This year marks the first the James River Association has opened the James River Leadership Academy to Central Virginia schools.

Two new businesses officially have a green light to open in the city of Lynchburg after City Council members unanimously approved rezoning and conditional use permits Tuesday.

UPDATE: Amherst County Public Schools buses are en route to take students home, the school system said on its website shortly after 3:20 p.m.

It was an evening of music, games and free food for Diamond Hill residents Wednesday night as dozens of Lynchburg officials and local faith leaders descended on the neighborhood for the launch of a new weekly community outreach program promoting…

The standing room-only auction in a Kirkley Hotel ballroom Wednesday in Lynchburg represented more than a standard land sale. As auctioneers from TRF Auctions shouted “2,100, do I hear 2,100,” four dozen registered bidders debated whether to raise their hands…

A Concord woman will serve a year and a half in prison for helping her husband dodge taxes by funneling their income through religious missions.

Out of $27.9 million in additional federal work-study funds issued by the Department of Education to natural disaster victims, $212,344 was distributed through three local colleges in the past year.

A Bedford man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to trafficking methamphetamine using Bitcoin to order shipments of drugs off the internet.