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Allen, Wright Win Woods Creek Run
Allen, Wright Win Woods Creek Run

The fifth annual Woods Creek Run 4 the Kids benefit race on May 13 successfully raised funds to benefit two local youths with cerebral palsy.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Glasgow
Glasgow

Carolyn Bradley, 258-2720

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Crime Report
Crime Report

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.

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Growing Sunflowers
Growing Sunflowers

Each year the Waddell Elementary kindergarteners, working with the Roots and Shoot Intergenerational Garden volunteers, grow sunflowers from seed and transplant them from the classroom to the school garden. Next year, as first-graders, they will harvest the flower heads, save the seeds and give them to the new kindergarteners. This month’s event featured volunteers from the Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners, Blue Ridge Garden Club and the community at large.

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Government Notices
Government Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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Celebrating Success
Celebrating Success

Parry McCluer and Rockbridge County high schools celebrated the classes of 2023 in commencement exercises at VMI’s Cameron Hall last week. On Thursday night, 237 RCHS seniors received their diplomas, while 82 students received their diplomas during the PMHS graduation Saturday morning. Some of the scenes from both graduations can be found on this page. For stories and more photos, see pages B6 and B7. (all photos by Stephanie Mikels Blevins)

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
‘I Will Not Forget’
‘I Will Not Forget’

Veterans Talk About Lives Lost

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City Views VDOT Site Proposal
City Views VDOT Site Proposal

Echelon Seeks To Build Apartments On Property

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Buena Vista Names New Police Chief
Buena Vista Names New Police Chief

Handley Served In Norfolk Sheriff’s Office For 23 Years

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Lee-Jackson Park Dedicated
Lee-Jackson Park Dedicated

Flag Raising Part Of Project’s First Phase

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Republicans Can Spare the Country A Rematch It Doesn’t Want
Republicans Can Spare the Country A Rematch It Doesn’t Want

In 1888, James Bryce, an Oxford historian and member of Parliament who would later become Great Britain’s ambassador to the United States, published “The American Commonwealth,” a perceptive survey of US politics in the last half of the 19th century. In the book’s best-known chapter, Bryce attempted to explain why Americans so infrequently sent “great and striking men” to the White House.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
A Reasonable Bipartisan Compromise
A Reasonable Bipartisan Compromise

The debt ceiling agreement that was reached over the weekend by negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is being denounced by partisans at each end of the political spectrum. This likely means that each side made significant concessions in the negotiations to win the support of moderate members from each political party.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
05/31/2023 12:00 AM
GOP ‘Held Our Nation’s Economy Hostage’
GOP ‘Held Our Nation’s Economy Hostage’

May 29, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Got a spare $100,000? Buy some used Chapstick! That’s what Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene did at a recent Republican fundraiser. Evidently, that tube of lip balm was desirable because it smooched Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s lips.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
‘Nothing Wrong’ With MAGA Unless You’re A Communist’
‘Nothing Wrong’ With MAGA Unless You’re A Communist’
05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Calvary Brethren VBS Starts Sunday
Calvary Brethren VBS Starts Sunday

Calvary Brethren Church in Buena Vista will be holding its vacation Bible school Sunday, June 4, through Friday, June 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each day.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
CLIFFORD VANDERVEER
CLIFFORD VANDERVEER

Clifford Lee Vanderveer, 60, of Lexington died Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Lynchburg General Hospital.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
DORIS DUDLEY
DORIS DUDLEY

Doris Jean Swisher Dudley, 90, of Rockbridge Baths, passed away at Shenandoah Valley Health and Rehab in Buena Vista on Monday, May 22, 2023.

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KENNETH HELMICK
KENNETH HELMICK

Kenneth Franklin Helmick, 78, of Raphine died Saturday, May 27, 2023, at his home.

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DANIEL COOK
DANIEL COOK

Daniel Edward Cook, 87, of Raphine died in the early morning of Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Augusta Hospital from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
In Memory
In Memory

IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER Mildred Snider, on her birthday, June 6th. I love you and miss you, Amy

05/31/2023 12:00 AM
Lexington-News-Gazette

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