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The Goshen community center effort is not the only local project that will be benefiting from the recently passed 2023 federal spending bill.

Crump Speech Highlights MLK Week Activities

Sunday evening’s wintry weather created perilous road conditions for several hours in the Rockbridge area and led to three accidents on westbound Interstate 64 between the Kerrs Creek and Goshen exits.

JMU Students Offer Stats, Suggestions

Firefighters Faced Tough Trek To Site

The marksmanship program at Virginia Military Institute recently received a donation of new firearms and equipment recently from Sig Sauer, a firearms manufacturer in Newington, New Hampshire.

Most of Virginia’s annual crop of calves leave the state after they have had time to grow on our lush pastures. They are generally purchased by cattle feeders in the Corn Belt states or the Great Plains who provide them a ration of grain byproducts, corn and roughage for a period of feeding prior to slaughter. The cattle feeders that purchase Virginia cattle are looking for calves that have been bred with excellent genetics for beef quality and have benefited from sound management practices that ensure they are healthy and thrive after their trip westward. This week’s column discusses two separate opportunities for Rockbridge cattle producers to address both the genetics and health management of their calves they plan to market.

Federal Budget Includes $225,000 For Purchase

Mayor Creates Committee To Work With Developer

Sharon Justice checks in with election officials Nancy Sika and Sherri Wheeler at the Buena Vista precinct Tuesday before casting her vote in the special election for the 24th District seat in the House of Delegates. On the ballot were Republican Ellen Campbell, wife of the late Del. Ronnie Campbell, and Jade Harris, the Democratic candidate from Glasgow. Because of production deadlines, the preliminary results of yesterday’s election are not included in today’s edition. Check the newspaper’s website at www.thenewsgazette. com for those results. (Hope Huger photo)

Curbside Service Offered

Council Members Had Received Some Complaints

A Fairfield man came up big on one of the scratcher tickets he bought last month.

Early voting is underway in the Jan. 10 special election to fill the vacancy created in the House of Delegates 24th District by the Dec. 13 death of Del. Ronnie Campbell.