The Rockbridge Area Health Center has a new outreach program to help better educate county residents about their insurance options under the Affordable Care Act.
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Local residents came out by the hundreds to support Rockbridge’s most successful pie festival to date.
Young athletes in the Rockbridge area will soon have more space to practice lacrosse, soccer, baseball–you name it. Construction of the field will take two years.
Destination Station, a full-amenities travel center, celebrated its grand opening last week.
By Meaghan Latella The Presbyterian Church (USA) recommended a change in policy last year that would allow same-sex marriages to take place in its congregations in states where same-sex marriage is legal. The policy would go into effect in June if a majority of the 172 presbyteries – regional communities of churches — throughout the United States vote in favor of it. But several churches in the Shenandoah Valley say they might leave the denomination if the policy is adopted.
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder Natural Bridge Zoo owner Karl Mogensen is waiting for the zoo’s license to be reinstated by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The zoo missed its 2015 opening day when the department suspended its license last week. Mogensen says all the violations have been fixed, and the zoo will open after a follow-up inspection.
By Raymond Monasterski There was a new addition to the Maury River in Buena Vista recently – more than 400 of them, in fact. The city stocked the river with rainbow, brook and golden trout and opened it to trout fishing on Saturday morning. “This is about people having fun, enjoying the city and patronizing [Glen Maury] Park,” said City Manager Jay Scudder. “It’s exciting.” Anglers can now fish for trout from the lock and dam at the old Bontex plant off Rt. 60 to the floodwall across from the park. Buena Vista resident Robert Douglas, 55, has lived in…
By Kinsey Grant Officials at The Lexington Visitors Center say tourism is a major contributor to the economy. Tourists spend plenty of money — $33 million in 2013 alone – at local hotels, restaurants, shops and attractions, including the Virginia Horse Center. The 2013 figure is 5 percent higher than the previous year’s.
By Jordan Missal An early morning traffic stop turned into a drug bust near Central Elementary School in Lexington on April 2. With the help of his K-9 partner, Blix, Rockbridge County K-9 Deputy Troy Wimer discovered what deputies called a mobile meth lab in the back of a car he had just pulled over for having tinted windows. The “lab” was in two bags that contained materials necessary for making methamphetamine, deputies said. One bag had a pot of chemicals; the other contained camping fuel oil. “The meth lab was in the back floorboard, the back passenger’s seat, in…
By Kieran McQuilkin On March 2, Stacy Karmen and her senior-year classmates had just finished donating their first annual gift to Sweet Briar College as soon-to-be alumnae. Shortly after noon the next day, they found out there would be no Sweet Briar left to return to. “It was almost unbelievable,” Karmen said. “There are so many things that are great about [Sweet Briar] that I wanted to come back and visit later on. I was hoping if I have daughters one day they would go here.” Karmen is part of a growing wave of supporters working to keep the 114-year-old…