Forest News

Investigators say discarded smoking materials are the likely cause of a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Bedford County.

Authorities said this morning they do not believe a fire that destroyed a Forest shopping center on Saturday was intentionally set.

Seven cattle remain roaming the land around the U.S. 29 bypass after a car crash Monday afternoon set them loose.

What started as a porch fire Saturday afternoon quickly escalated into large blaze that incinerated several Forest businesses, but injured no one, Bedford County fire officials said.

FOREST, Va. - There's a good chance that there are images of two of Thomas Jefferson's houses in your pocket.

Charlottesville, Va., tailback Aaron Clark stands in at 5-foot-7, but the 183-pounder can pack a punch and has good speed and agility.

The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia Middle Jun. 8--Bedford County could enact a policy tonight that would enhance monitoring of funds designated for outside agencies.

FOREST, Va. a ' Thomas Jeffersona TMs Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third presidenta TMs original vision as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildren after he retired.

A former Bedford and Campbell County sheriff's deputy heralded as a hero a decade ago was convicted Thursday of stalking.

FOREST, Va. -- Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third president's original vision as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildren after he retired.

Parents, you can have some professionals make sure your childn's car safety seat is installed correctly for free on Tuesday, May 19th.

Partially built into the base of a mountain and largely surrounded by trees, Monticello's new visitor center in Charlottesville blends into the central Virginia landscape.

By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON FOREST, Va. - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to what the third president originally envisioned as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildren after he retired.The octagon-shaped neoclasssical home painstakingly ...

Boogie Atkins of Greenville, Va., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 14 pounds, 9 ounces.

Thomas Jefferson's "other home," known as Poplar Forest, may be his most perfect architectural work.

April 13 is the 266th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth--and the event will be marked with a variety of celebrations next week.

Jefferson went all out when he built his octagonal retreat near Bedford VA. It's a square within an octagon with paired stairwells, chimneys and outdoor privies.

While some companies - especially manufacturing companies - are struggling, Tom and Deborah Twark of Elk Creek Woodworking in Forest, Virginia are thriving.

I have heard that there are several types of friends. The first is a friend of convenience.

March 16, 2009 Ten face DUI charges following Amherst sobriety checkpoint Ten people are facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol following a sobriety checkpoint in Amherst County.