The drug court’s first class is expected to be chosen by the end of the year and will include five to 15 offenders.
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The jail was built in 1987 to house 56 inmates. Its capacity is about double that now. Its last upgrade occurred in 2010 when it got a new roof and air conditioning system.
At one point, the Vista Links Golf Course comprised more than 50% of the city’s total debt.
A pipe “bridge” in Buena Vista has been the only way to cross a small creek. But a new, real bridge is planned to go on top of the pipe and Washington and Lee engineering students are designing it.
Some family members left for Knoxville on Feb. 14 to reunite with the pair and bring them back home.
About 300 people—including poor whites, Blacks and Native Americans—are buried in the cemetery that dates back to the 1890s.
The number of domestic disturbance arrests in Buena Vista more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, according to police.
Rockbridge County, Lexington and Buena Vista ditched plans to build a new regional jail with neighboring Alleghany and Bath Counties. Instead, the three localities will seek state funding to renovate the existing jail, which now holds twice its inmate capacity.
Many locals don’t want solar companies to destroy their land or scenic view. But national experts see solar power as a crucial solution to climate change, and some farmers rely on the panels as a necessary source of income.
Rockbridge County has been in severe drought all month, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Local farmers say the growing season is over, so no amount of rain will help them now.