It was a day of technical testimony about evidence collection and processing in court.
The Charles Holman trial entered its third day with technical testimony from the medical examiner and other officials.
Covington City officials are calling it Project Sparkle, and now in partnership with the city and county economic development authority, they’re looking at what comes next for the old Gordman's building.
Jurors heard opening statements and the first witnesses in the murder trial of Charles Holman Tuesday.
Where in the past you had to wait for an invitation, either by phone or email, to set up an appointment, starting this week you can go online and choose any available appointment to get vaccinated.
Jury selection began in the trial of Charles Leroy Holman, who is accused of murder in the death of Christina Martin two years ago.
Allyson Davoll had been looking at the site, but Lexington’s Walker Program to encourage businesses owned by people of color really made it possible.
The decision came after several hearings that allowed public comment on the subject.
Though many things about VMI's commencement will change this year, one thing remains the same: the presentation of a book with each diploma.
The park has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park, which means that the absence of city lights nearby makes it easier for visitors to see stars and other nighttime phenomenon.
Looking toward opening vaccinations to everyone 18 and older, the Central Shenandoah Health District is getting even more vaccine.
Mimicking its origins in rural electrification in the 1930s, BARC has been adding fiber optic lines to its poles to bring broadband to its underserved customers.
Around 200 people stood on the lawn in front of the historic Colonnade to hear speakers talk about attitudes towards minorities at the university as well as say that the name of Confederate general Robert E. Lee should be removed from the school by the Board of Trustees.
Central Shenandoah joins several other health districts that have recently moved to Phase 1c. However, appointments are still required for vaccination clinics.
A monolith surrounded by strange figures appeared in a farm field near the Virginia Horse Center.
They handed out food boxes contributed by Feeding Southwest Virginia in a drive-thru food pantry Wednesday at the main campus in Clifton Forge.
All along Main Street, new businesses are either preparing or have opened, ranging from a planned micro-brewery and pub under construction now, to stores, a specialty grocery and a bike shop.
While there's a huge, all-chocolate Easter display in the Greenbrier's lobby, they'd rather you eat the eggs and bunnies available at the Candy Shop.
The district is still in Phase 1b, but they say that even if you are in a later phase, you should register now.
The Rockbridge Area Relief Association is reminding people that they're available to help with necessary expenses like water and electric bills or rent that residents may not be able to meet.
Coralie Franklin Cook was born a slave in Lexington at the start of the Civil War, and rose to be a college professor and civil rights advocate in Washington, D.C.
The Joint School Services Committee in charge of working out the details on the merger of the two systems has started an online survey of the community on new names for the schools once the merger has happened.
The Alleghany County school system named a new superintendent last week, and she started the job Monday, facing everything from how to deal with COVID to a merger with the school system in Covington in the coming years.
Wednesday was the first day they set up a food pantry for users of the EBT system in the parking lot behind the Salvation Army building in Covington, offering everything from peanut butter and jelly to fresh vegetables and fruits.
In the Central Shenandoah Health District, vaccinations are continuing as they have expanded the categories of people eligible. They were able to vaccinate 4,500 people in the district last week, bringing the total vaccinations to over 40,000.
In Lexington, the Cocoa Mill looks forward to the holiday not just because it brings them business, but also because they get to really stretch their candy-making wings.
John Stallard of Chef’s Catering is usually serving up meals for wedding guests and other special events, but all year he has been making lunch for frontline workers.
Washington and Lee University students walked out of classes to demand the school change its name.
It’s the Really, Really Free Market. Which isn’t a market, at least not like you would think of one.
Looking at the Taurus Molecular Cloud, the radio telescope found a range of complex carbon molecules using the radio energy thrown off by their rotation in space.
They’re doing modernization work on the lines inspired by needs revealed while the offices were closed for COVID.
The Rockbridge Area NAACP, 50 Ways Rockbridge, and the Central Shenandoah Health District are working together to help anyone who asks to get registered on the state site.
The Rockbridge Area Conservation Council is kicking off their annual community clean up this weekend. It's something volunteers have done over two decades, but has been affected by COVID.
With COVID preventing the get-together, they’ve taken the auction online, hoping to keep some of the excitement along with permitting them to fund the chamber’s efforts.
Rockbridge County leased an empty retail store just outside Lexington to give them a bigger, open location they could leave set up, as more vaccines come into the Central Shenandoah Health District, allowing them to run larger clinics.
The one-hundred page report from Barnes & Thornburg law firm said interviews with current and former cadets revealed that racial slurs were “a common experience” in both the past and present, and described delays in the work caused by VMI.
Places like the Sugar Tree Country Store in McDowell are hanging out the “Open” flag and getting ready to serve not only syrup, but food.
Rather than setting up booths in Monterey, the farmers will be welcoming visitors to their sugar camps.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has arrived in the Central Shenadoah Health District. That’s let them vaccinate more people, including a recent clinic for 3,000 vaccine recipients, allowing the health district to pass the 30,000 vaccination level.
Groups including 50 Ways Rockbridge, CARE Rockbridge and the Rockbridge Area NAACP are looking at streets like Lee and Jackson Avenues, and Rebel Ridge Road. But there’s a catch: In City Hall, on Washington Street, they’re working on the procedures.
It was an effort on his part to help encourage students to take part in the school’s online talent contest this year, as well as let the kids know he was moving to a new school.
Like many historic downtowns, Covington's Main Street has seen a decline in business, and revitalization efforts weren't helped by the pandemic, but now the city is reaching out to residents and putting together new plans looking to the future.
Over 7,000 vaccinations were given in the five-county area, giving them a total of more than 23,000 vaccinations since the program began. They have been using both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Some high schoolers had a close encounter with local history, researching the old Colored School, which operated in Buena Vista in the time of segregation.
When you add the overhead, the new minimum wage means home helpers cost more than the company receives.
While they are still catching up with the last few Phase 1a recipients, the health district is now focusing on Phase 1b, with an emphasis on frontline workers like firefighters and law enforcement, as well as K through 12 teachers and school staff.
The Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center opened a new gallery show Saturday.
In the past, kids would come into the center or gather at school to create Valentine's Day cards that would be sent to military veterans, but social distancing means that this year the projects have been put together in little kits that kids can take home.
With the arrival of winter and our recent snow, they’re seeing more visitors who want to enjoy the skiing, snowboarding, and tubing.