Buena Vista News

The Buena Vista community mourns the loss of a teenager who was well-known for his personality.

A teenager was killed while hunting Saturday, according to the Buena Vista Police Department.

Another shipment of H1N1 vaccine has arrived in the local health district, and more is on the way.

A Buena Vista man who strayed over the center line on his moped was flung onto the hood of an oncoming vehicle on Jacktown Road shortly before noon on Wednesday.

Incumbent Del. Ben Cline, R-Amherst, will serve his fifth term in the House of Delegates.

A Veteran's Day Wreath Laying Ceremony sponsored by the VFW Shenandoah Valley Post 1499 of Lexington, Post 4805 of Buena Vista, the American Legion Post 126 of Buena Vista and the Military Officers Association of America will take place at 9:00 a.m. at Courthouse Square, South Main Street, Lexington on Monday, November 11th.

Quietly, with little fanfare, carried in coolers like the makings of a summer picnic, the H1N1 influenza vaccine arrived at Lexington City Public Schools yesterday morning.

When I travel to Richmond each January for the General Assembly session, one of my top priorities has been to protect the great quality of life that we enjoy here in our part of Virginia.

It's a mystery! Letters from half a century ago turning up in a most unlikely place, a trolley! But what really makes it strange is the timing of it all.

The art studio offers 10-week art classes for adults and youth ages 5 to 18 as well as occasional art academies that take place over a two or three day period.

Emergency crews are trying to rescue two people stuck on a rock in the James River in Rockbridge County.

Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department Sergeant Scott Bedell was awarded a Sons of the American Revolution Law Enforcement Medal from Col.

Congressman Bob Goodlatte, USDA Rural Development State Director, Ellen Davis, Buena Vista Fire Chief Tommy Keiser, Natural Bridge Fire Chief Gomez Lee and other federal, state and local officials will be celebration on October 29, 2009 .

The H1N1 swine flu is officially "widespread" in the country and in Virginia, according Dr.

The Parry McCluer High School Interact club is asking the community for its help this coming October 30th.

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College has scheduled an Admissions Workshop for prospective students at the DSLCC Rockbridge Regional Center in Buena Vista on Thursday, October 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be a special focus placed on admission to the DSLCC Nursing Program.

Even as its fall campaign is rolling into high gear - " at nearly $125,000 as of Friday -- 50% toward its goal of $250,000 and $2,000 ahead of last year's pace -- the United Way of Lexington-Rockbridge County continues to explore ways to serve the community on a wider scale.

The Phillies' NLDS victory over Colorado means at least another week of Phillies playoff baseball on AM radio.

On October 8, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. a 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup operated by Francis Steven Hunt of 2365 Hobbs Reesor Road, Vine Grove, Kentucky, was traveling south on Rte.

BUENA VISTA - William Albert "Poppy" Vest Sr., 79, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at his daughter's residence, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.