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Officials Gather For ‘Grapevine Cutting’ Saturday

A Buena Vista man is facing several vandalism charges in both Buena Vista and Rockbridge County in relation to a series of incidents of damage to public utilities over a two-week period last month.

With less than two weeks until the June 20 deadline, candidates are continuing to step forward to run in the fall elections. Many have had their candidacies qualified for inclusion on the Nov. 7 ballots while others are still gathering signatures.

The men and women of the area fire and rescue crews respond to all sorts of emergencies at all hours of the day. Recently one of those crews responded to the cry for help of one particularly vulnerable member of the population.

Childhood Friends Reunited After 80 Years

Raphine firefighters participated in the search for the small plane that crashed into the Blue Ridge Mountains about three miles north of Montebello Sunday afternoon.

The city of Lexington is currently in search of a new city arborist after Celia Rainey tendered her resignation from the position earlier this month.

A contractor was severely burned from an explosion and fire resulting from a gas leak at The Gin Hotel in downtown Lexington Tuesday morning.

Couple Plans Short-term Rental In Their Home

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The Buena Vista Police made the following felony arrests over the past month: Maxwell Jordan Richerson, 18, for two felony counts of property damage, one felony count of damage to a public building, two misdemeanor counts of property damage and one misdemeanor count of petit larceny on May 14.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Veterans Talk About Lives Lost

Echelon Seeks To Build Apartments On Property

Handley Served In Norfolk Sheriff’s Office For 23 Years

Flag Raising Part Of Project’s First Phase

The News-Gazette won six awards in the Virginia Press Association’s 2022 news and advertising contest.

The Cadet, Virginia Military Institute’s student newspaper, was awarded the Virginia Press Association’s top honor, the 2022 VPA Journalistic Integrity and Community Service Award, during the association’s annual VPA News and Advertising Conference on May 6.