A recycling project spearheaded by the Blue Ridge Garden Club brought a new TREX bench to the Bedford Urban Garden (BUG). TREX benches are mad…
Thursday night the school board heard a first reading of a parental rights resolution. The resolution was presented as an information item. Th…
Ronnie Lewis was officially sworn in as the new Bedford police chief on Monday May 16 before a contingent of family members, local residents, …
Bedford County has completed phase one of its two-phase redistricting process and is now focusing on redistricting at the local level.
A dispute between the town and the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce has come to a head.
On 5-10-2022 the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office took a residential burglary report from the Woodhaven Drive area of Bedford County. During th…
Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) began on May 14, 2022 for Virginians living in the 540 area code…
The Bedford County Office of Economic Development, in partnership with the Economic Development Authority (EDA), is pleased to announce that S…
The Virginia State Police is investigating a felony hit and run which occurred on April 12, 2022, at 11:15 a.m. on Forest Road in Bedford Coun…
Last week the board of supervisors voted unanimously to set a special election to fill the constitutional office being left vacant by Julie Cr…
SAV is an acronym for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, sometimes referred to as underwater weeds. This term is inclusive of native SAV as well as…
Bridgewater Marina has topped the $100,000 mark in donations to Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia and will celebrate with a community event on June…
SML Lions Club Scholarship Trust awarded six $6,000.00 Four-year Scholarships and four $3,000.00 Transfer Scholarships this year.
Each May — National Historic Preservation Month— since 2005, Preservation Virginia has released a list of historic places across the Commonwea…
Two local artists have collaborated to create a pendant to aid Ukrainians displaced by the war in that country. The pendant is heart shaped. I…
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Lynchburg invites the community to join the movement to honor and remember loved ones an…
National Safe Boating Week arrives May 21-27 with an annual reminder for boaters to champion recreational boating safety all summer long. The …
As a Navy carrier pilot during Vietnam, a surface-to-air missile destroyed Dave Carey’s aircraft as he flew a combat mission over North Vietna…
Trinity Baptist Church at the corner of Pinecrest and Lyle streets is sponsoring a Healing Field from May 9- May 21, 2022. This healing field,…
What if you could plan the future of the Lynchburg region?
The Central Virginia Health District has received confirmation that a fox which bit a person on Stone Mountain Road in Bedford County has test…
The Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual legislative wrap-up breakfast last week. Three members of the area’s legislative delegati…
The special election for the District 7 school board seat is now a two-way race. The election will be held on Nov. 8.
The National Park Service is recruiting volunteers for critical positions at three Blue Ridge Parkway visitor centers in Virginia. Visitor Ser…
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on May 2nd that Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) awarded more than $2.7 million for 259 local and regional…
Randall Stoneberger’s Interview With His Father, Raymond Orange.
Bedford County Parks and Recreation will be holding Elderfest Thursday, May 5, 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 6, 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Local master gardeners from Bedford will be presenting classes on strawbale gardening and kokedama, during the annual Herb Festival at Moneta …