Wangdali C. “Wali” Bacdayan, a private investor and entrepreneur, and a current trustee of Washington and Lee University, was sworn in as the university’s 32nd rector on Feb. 10. The board unanimously elected him to this role at its meeting last October.
The search for two young runaways from Buena Vista ended last Wednesday night as Pyper Wilhelm, 16, and Logan Gilbert, 15, were located safely in Knoxville, Tenn.
Accountant Saidee Gibson said Buena Vista gained $5.5 million this past year because it settled The Vista Links golf course debt.
Mountain Gateway Community College will cap off this year’s Black History Month programming with a presentation by Rockbridge Historical Society Executive Director Eric Wilson entitled “Cultivating Education: Lexington’s Black Schools and Churches, 1865-1965,” sponsored by the VMI Office of Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion.”
Washington and Lee University student Josh Rassin ’24 has been accepted into the Venture for America Fellowship Program, where he will be placed as a full-time salaried employee at a startup company or entrepreneurial support organization following graduation.
Kimberly Cheatle, the 27th director of the U.S. Secret Service, along with a large contingency of agents — including Virginia Military Institute alumni and The Citadel alumni — made a special recruiting trip to VMI recently.
The Virginia Department of Forestry joins fire departments across Virginia to announce spring fire season and raise awareness of the statewide burning law, in effect from Feb. 15 through April 30. The law prohibits outdoor burning before 4 p.m. when the fire is within 300 feet of the woods or dry grass.
Valley Conservation Council (VCC) recently announced Peter Hujik as its new executive director.
Fourth Grade Waddell Classes Now Combined
Glasgow Town Council is putting more of its federal rescue dollars toward improvements to the town’s utilities.
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY BETTY S. TROVATO, PETITIONER IN RE: TREASURER OF THE COUNTY OF ROCKBRIDGE, VIRGINIA
Lexington Tables Proposed Revisions Indefinitely
The appeal trial in the Natural Bridge Zoo case will begin as scheduled on Monday in Rockbridge County Circuit Court.
An attorney with a background in international tax laws and strong ties to the Rockbridge area community has been hired to be the next Rockbridge County attorney.
Occupancy Limit Remains At Two People
SJ Signs Contract With Music Publisher
The Goshen Town Council heard updates on the status of the suspension of Town Attorney Jared Jenkins’s law license and on a grant application for the proposed community center project.
The Buena Vista Police Department is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of two Buena Vista juveniles.
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