Orange County News

Orange County supervisors have unanimously approved spending $1,000 to secure an option on land for a new combined fire and rescue station.

A new historical marker in Orange County will tell the story of Marquis de Lafayette's maneuvers in Virginia during 1781.

A Locust Grove woman died Monday after an automobile crash in Orange County. Ashley Bryant, 22, died at the scene about 7:25 p.m., said Sgt.

ORANGE - Actor Robert Duval, filmmaker Ken Burns and some of the nation's most esteemed historians have defended a Civil War battlefield against Wal-Mart's plans to build a Supercenter near its boundaries.

It sounds like the county Planning Commission in Orange County, Virginia, will vote for the first time on whether or not to allow Walmart to build on an historical Civil War battlefield.

Recent rainfall totals have kept emergency drought measures off the radar, but county officials are readying their state-required long-term water supply plan for future days of dry weather.

Construction and reduction on county roads VDOT Culpeper Residency Administrator Don Gore updates county officials on some of the projects in Orange County for which there is actually funding.

"I can hardly believe it's actually happening," Gordonsville Friends of the Library President Barbara Drinkwater said.

A Virginia man has been charged with reckless operation of an aircraft after he clipped a skydiver's parachute.

Starting Friday, drivers can expect traffic delays on certain bridges in Orange County.

Culpeper County opened its second high school last fall and in the process offered new challenges and opportunities for seniors to step up as leaders.

It seems that a few peaceful days can never go by in the nation's premier Wal-Mart site fight in Orange County, Virginia.

An Orange County man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after his January conviction on multiple charges of felony child abuse.

Litter control efforts are picking up Litter Control Committee Coordinator Laura Carter briefed county officials on ongoing recycling efforts in Orange County and shared some of her organization's objectives for the future.

Orange County should resolve the National Park Service's concerns about the Wal-Mart retail center proposed in the Wilderness battlefield area, a state agency says.

I would like to offer one of the thousands of reasons why Wal-Mart and Orange County need to find a site that does not encroach on the Wilderness battlefield.

A representative of Charlottesville's KG Associates - formerly the Kessler Group - is requesting a rezoning of more than 16 acres stretching southward down Route 29 from its intersection with Route 607.

People, this Orange County land is commercially zoned! This is in response to Leslie Brier's letter [" Wal-Mart: No 'lies,' just good observations ," June 1]. There are a couple of things folks seem to be missing: First, commercial development on that tract is by-right. The only thing being applied for is permission to build a single, large store.

A former Orange town manager who spent seven years in prison for child sex offenses will be going back to serve the rest of the sentence after violating his probation.

Letter-writer Jason Kurtz states his approval of Wal-Mart's proposal ["Don't listen to the lies about Wal-Mart!" May 14]. I differ on several points.