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Bedford and Campbell counties and the City of Lynchburg are now one Virginia Senate District as of 2021 redistricting, and two candidates will be on the ballot Nov. 7.

Candidates for Bedford County Board of Supervisors District 6, the Bedford Town Council, Virginias Senate District 22 and House of Delegates Districts 51 and 53 are slated to speak at an Oct. 25 forum at Liberty Middle School in Bedford.

The Virginia governor's PAC claims "there is no ban,” just a 15-week "limit." But Republicans in the state have been calling his proposal a ban for months.

Four graduates of the Lynchburg Adult Drug Treatment Court received diplomas before an audience of supporters in City Council Chambers Monday night.

NEWARK — Dan and Trish Gardner were living in Daytona Beach, Fla., and running a number of wireless stores when hubby suggested they needed to get more exercise.

A bill known as "Sages Law" that failed in this year’s Virginia General Assembly and aims to ensure parental notification by public schools in cases where a student identifies as a gender other than his or her biological sex still has support among Republicans galvanized to retake the state Senate in the Nov. 7 election.

In solidarity with Nelson County and a growing number of localities in honoring the memory of slain Wintergreen police officer Mark Christopher "Chris" Wagner II, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday requesting the Line of Duty Act be amended to allow private officers to receive benefits under the legislation.

In dueling meetings happening blocks apart, 39 Lynchburg Republicans voted to rescind a censure of the citys vice mayor. The local partys chair deemed the meeting "not valid."

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution July 11 to recognize slain Wintergreen Police Officer Mark Christopher “Chris” Wagner II and request amendments to the Line of Duty Act.

The new legislation comes in response to the period during the COVID-19 pandemic when churches were forced to close, but liquor stores remained open.