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The city is warning trailgoers to keep an eye out for falling trees and rocks after recent heavy rain, according to a city of Lynchburg news release.

The city of Lynchburg is asking motorists to use caution when traveling on Commerce Street on June 3 and 4 while the Department of Water Resources cleans sewer and stormwater lines, according to a city news release.

Dunbar Drive and Federal Street will be closed to through traffic beginning June 4 for a waterline replacement project, according to a city of Lynchburg news release.

Lynchburg City Council will interview candidates to fill vacancies on the Lynchburg City School Board on June 5, according to a city news release.

A different kind of commencement ceremony took place in Lynchburg on Friday night.

After receiving a copy of “Little Bear’s Visit” on Thursday, T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation first-grade student Kaiden King opened the book and wrote his name inside.

Campbell Avenue at Florida Avenue in Lynchburg is closed because of a three-vehicle crash.

A national permit for one Virginia pipeline has been indefinitely suspended in West Virginia and the window for public scrutiny on the same permit for it and a second pipeline will be extended in Virginia because the website for the…

BEDFORD — The annual Centerfest festival in Bedford — a tradition in the town for more than three decades — now is “in good hands,” according to town officials.

A man convicted of robbing a Lynchburg convenience store of about $500 at gunpoint will serve more than 14 years in prison.