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Centra Health is breaking down barriers to health with its new Community Paramedic Program.

Residents at 1100, 1101, 1102, and 1103 Ashbourne Drive and Timber Court, also referred to as the Timbers Apartments, are advised to boil their water, according to a news release from the city of Lynchburg.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Civic leaders in town after town along the 600-mile (966-kilometer) route of a proposed natural gas project have posed for similar photographs, smiling and accepting poster-sized checks from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

A Lynchburg family is seeking answers following a Sunday night shooting on Fillmore Street that left 51-year-old Ricky Johnson Sr. dead, an incident grieving relatives describe as “a senseless act.”

This spring, Lynchburg voters will have a chance to bring a longtime official back to City Council for another term after a two-year hiatus.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in attempting to locate a Madison Heights woman.

Lynchburg saw a notable increase in stolen cars last year, a trend that may be connected to a surge in larcenies from vehicles, police said.

RUSTBURG — Campbell County will have to wait for a new public safety facility after the board of supervisors voted 6-1 to approve a $21.1 million, five-year Capital Improvement Plan that pushes the project to fiscal year 2020.

A new state historical marker will be dedicated in Lynchburg this month recalling the deadliest fire in the city’s history, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

UPDATE: A woman was hospitalized for minor injuries Thursday after her car crashed into a Rivermont Avenue home, impeding southbound traffic.