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Amherst residents eventually will elect their six town council members to terms of four years, not two, after the state recently approved a change to the town charter.

When Eva Davis heard about the Lynchburg Community Care Collaborative, she knew it was her chance to get the health care she’s long-needed.

The Avoca Museum in Altavista held an open house Saturday to celebrate the annual opening day for the museum, housed in an American Queen Anne-style house built in 1901. Avoca once was the home site of Revolutionary Patriot Colonel Charles…

As Margaret Martula and her husband Chris Millson-Martula walked along a litter-strewn stretch of Lynch Road in Altavista, they reflected on the days when they could look out their window or drive down the road without seeing debris cluttering their…

For Crystal Edwards, working in a school system is all about the “aha” moments, whether they’re with the students, teachers, staff, administrators or parents.

Nearly five months into a yearlong project on the Main Street bridge, downtown businesses say they are hanging in there, but some have seen sales drop 50 percent within the first three months of the year.

A two-day revival organized by progressive Christians began Friday night with an objective of taking on Christian nationalism.

The election for Lynchburg City Council came to Tinbridge Hill on Friday morning in a forum where six of the seven candidates for the three at-large seats up for grabs May 1 were able to make their case to a…

Bedford County’s Department of Solid Waste will hold a special collection event from 7:30 a.m. to noon April 7 at the Bedford County Landfill located on Virginia 43 South.

Salary rates for wastewater operators have become clearer after Lynchburg Department of Water Resources officials shared they provided inaccurate salary information to City Council at its March 27 meeting.