Buena Vista News

The following students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester.

An offer from Washington and Lee University may jump start the effort to bring wide-ranging broadband service to the Rockbridge area.

Buena Vista has been awarded $3,588 in federal stimulus funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the city.

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First Brethren Church of Buena Vista presents "Crocodile Dock" Vacation Bible School a oeWhere Fearless Kids Shine Goda s Light". Registration will begin Sunday July 5 at 6 p.m. and VBS will end at 9 p.m. On Monday through Thursday the program will run from 6:30-9:00 p.m. nightly.

Emily Ann Anderson graduated from Blue Ridge Community College on May 16, 2009 with a degree as a Veterinarian Technician.

Buena Vista is getting a downtown historic district, city officials announced Monday.

Who is your choice of a person, organization, or business that ads to the quality of life in Lexington, Buena Vista and Rockbridge County? Now is your chance to honor them and nominate them for the Chamber's 11th Annual People's Choice Awards.

By Kit Huffman They came to bury the Rockbridge Partnership, not to praise it. By unanimous vote of its six attending members, the joint Lexington-Rockbridge County economic development group decided Tuesday evening to cease to exist as an independent agency.

If you want to help decide who will be running for governor and lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket this fall, then you need to get to your polling place today.

State Sen. Creigh Deeds, whose 25th district includes Buena Vista and part of Rockbridge County, claimed the Democratic nomination Tuesday to run for governor this fall.

Contested races will take place this fall for Glasgow mayor and Town Council, and there's at least one contested race for a seat on the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors.

Candidates who want to run for one of 14 Rockbridge area offices that will be on the ballot in the fall have until next Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m., to file the paperwork with the voter registrars.

Middle school renovation is in the air. Lexington is preparing for a $9 million renovation and addition at Lylburn Downing, with groundbreaking to take place tomorrow, Thursday.

Young lake musician making a name for himself in bluegrass circles. Sample of Jonathan Dillon's tracks He stopped taking lessons at age 8 A1 2, but Johnathan Dillon's tempo as a bluegrass musician hasn't skipped a beat.

Recycling Coordinator Kim Thompson had good news for County Residents during her report to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 26 - the Recycling Centers are now accepting all plastics.

Buena Vista police responded to multiple calls that began to come in just minutes after midnight on Sunday morning reporting a fight involving a stabbing at the Glen Maury Park campground.

After a four-year career as a member of Fairmont Senior's Lady Polar Bears' basketball team, Makelle Paige was looking to continue her career at the next level.

Readin', writin', 'rithmatic - and recycling? Yes indeed - three of the area's middle schools have just added a fourth "r." In February, the Boxerwood Education Association began working with students and teachers at Parry McCluer Middle School, Rockbridge Middle School and Maury River Middle School to establish a recycling program for paper and ...

Mariner Media , Inc., of Buena Vista, Virginia, announced that one of its best-selling titles - " Jefferson, A Monticello Sampler " by Rick Britton - has won a Bronze Medal for best non-fiction book in the mid-Atlantic region, in the 13th Annual Independent Publisher Books Awards contest.