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Sparks fly over BV school budget

|Date: February 02, 2012

Sparks fly over BV school budget

By Kelly Mae Ross The Parry McCluer Middle School boiler roars as it struggles to pump heat and hot water ...

By Kelly Mae Ross The Parry McCluer Middle School boiler roars as it struggles to pump heat and hot water through the entire middle school building. “My concern about the boiler is it’s going to break ...

February 02, 2012
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Buena Vista creates new board to demolish abandoned homes

|Date: February 02, 2012

Buena Vista creates new board to demolish abandoned homes

By Stephen Peck A house at 18thand Magnolia streets in Buena Vista has been boarded up and untouched for ...

By Stephen Peck A house at 18thand Magnolia streets in Buena Vista has been boarded up and untouched for three years. City officials say a new building board is the first step in taking action on it a ...

February 02, 2012
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Broadband expected to boost area economy

|Date: January 26, 2012

Broadband expected to boost area economy

By Stephen Peck Construction is set to begin Feb. 6 on a broadband network expected to pave the way for a ...

By Stephen Peck Construction is set to begin Feb. 6 on a broadband network expected to pave the way for a bright economic future in the Rockbridge area. As a result of the Rockbridge Area Network Auth ...

January 26, 2012
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Local community college restructuring in tough times

|Date: January 26, 2012

Local community college restructuring in tough times

Dabney S. Lacaster Community College. Photo by Michael McGuireBy Michael McGuire CLIFTON FORGE—It might s ...

Dabney S. Lacaster Community College. Photo by Michael McGuireBy Michael McGuire CLIFTON FORGE—It might seem strange to train wind turbine service technicians in a state where no wind turbine has ever ...

January 26, 2012
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Parry McCluer boys' basketball coach reaches 500 wins

|Date: January 26, 2012

Parry McCluer boys' basketball coach reaches 500 wins

By Katie Shelor Parry McCluer basketball coach Nelson Fox reached his 500th win against Eastern Montgomer ...

By Katie Shelor Parry McCluer basketball coach Nelson Fox reached his 500th win against Eastern Montgomery High School this month. Fox said he does not count normally count wins, but was thrilled to b ...

January 26, 2012
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Struggling schools seek solutions

|Date: January 26, 2012

Struggling schools seek solutions

By Kelly Mae Ross Students, teachers and administrators from Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista are ...

By Kelly Mae Ross Students, teachers and administrators from Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista are waiting to receive the results of the standardized tests that their students are taking this w ...

January 26, 2012
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Plogger to fill vacancy on Buena Vista Council temporarily

|Date: January 26, 2012

Plogger to fill vacancy on Buena Vista Council temporarily

By Burl Rolett Despite losing his re-election bid eight weeks ago, Lewis Plogger is back on Buena Vista C ...

By Burl Rolett Despite losing his re-election bid eight weeks ago, Lewis Plogger is back on Buena Vista City Council. First-term Council Memberman Steve Baldridge was the lone dissenter in the 5-to-1 ...

January 26, 2012
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A Night of Miracles in Buena Vista

|Date: December 08, 2011

A Night of Miracles in Buena Vista

By Shannon McGovern Frigid temperatures didn’t keep visitors away from Buena Vista’s recreated village of ...

By Shannon McGovern Frigid temperatures didn’t keep visitors away from Buena Vista’s recreated village of Bethlehem last weekend. Nestled behind the Buena Vista Food Lion, the life-sized village came ...

December 08, 2011
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County residents light up the holiday season

|Date: December 01, 2011

County residents light up the holiday season

By Diandra Spicak The Christmas season is here for Rockbridge County. Last Tuesday, Buena Vista ushered i ...

By Diandra Spicak The Christmas season is here for Rockbridge County. Last Tuesday, Buena Vista ushered in the advent of the holiday season with its Christmas tree lighting. “It brings back memories o ...

December 01, 2011
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Frankie Hogan elected Buena Vista mayor

|Date: November 08, 2011

Frankie Hogan elected Buena Vista mayor

By Billy Crosby L. F. "Frankie" Hogan was elected mayor of Buena Vista Tuesday, defeating Thomas Keiser b ...

By Billy Crosby L. F. "Frankie" Hogan was elected mayor of Buena Vista Tuesday, defeating Thomas Keiser by 5 percentage points, as well as a write-in campaign for incumbent Mayor Mike Clements that Cl ...

November 08, 2011
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