Natural Bridge News

Buster Lewis greets Walker's Creek residents at Rockbridge Middle School on Thursday, June 18th as he announces his campaign for reelection to the Board of Supervisors.

MILLBORO - Nathan Forbes and Melissa "Millie" Thomas announce the birth of a daughter, Chloe Elizabeth Forbes, born April 13 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

The Ruth Anderson McCulloch branch of Preservation Virginia will hold another public meeting on June 28 to discuss its proposal for establishing a rural historic district in the Buffalo Creek section of Rockbridge County.

Olivia Bean and Brooke Moran didn't catch a fish but they had a good time anyway.

On May 21, 2009 my wife and I were visiting Natural Bridge, Virginia. By the side of the road on a little hill we noticed what we thought was Stonehenge.

NATURAL BRIDGE - Fast, faster and fastest went the dirt track racing action Saturday night at Natural Bridge Speedway.

Seamstress Marge Hulse of Stuarts Draft sews tents at Base-X, a Fairfield company that manufactures tents and shelters for military, industrial and domestic applications.

From The Virginia-Pilot : Virginia's first triple-digit freshwater fish has been caught.

Without the portable, powerful generators produced at Power Systems International's Natural Bridge factory, Base-X shelters would be little more than gigantic -- and very dark -- tents.

This "tornado" sunset bloomed high above Caldwell Mountain on Thursday May 21. It's Terrific Tuesday again--how's everything in your neck of the woods? Well summer by American standards began yesterday with Memorial Day.

NATURAL BRIDGE - The Steel Block Bandit Late Model racing series made its inaugural visit to Natural Bridge Speedway a few weeks later than originally planned.

RICHMOND - The State Record Fish Committee of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is reviewing the certification of a potential new state record blue catfish that would be the first confirmed freshwater fish weighing more than 100 pounds in the Commonwealth.

As always, the American Red Cross needs the help of many citizens to keep the regional blood supply into line with the demand.

A small group of diehard hikers from Oxford Presbyterian Church didna t let the cloudy socked-in soggy weather on Sunday, May 17, 2009 prevent them from forging a primitive path off of an old road in Rappa s Mill to climb 3,000 feet to the crest of the Short Hill Mountain.

The gold class ring slipped off the college freshman's finger nearly 50 years ago, when he fell in a creek in Natural Bridge, Va.

Representatives from the Brownsburg, Effinger, Glasgow, Kerrs Creek, Natural Bridge and Sam Houston Ruritan Clubs receive certificates of recognition from Lexington Mayor Mimi Elrod as she declares May as Ruritan Month at Council's May 16 meeting.

May 17, 2009 Crews rescue stranded boy scouts in James River It was a busy day for rescue crews in Rockbridge County, where several people needed help in the James River.

A A Zookeeper Gretchen Mogensen explains, a oeIf youa ll notice the stripes on her back are actually much lighter than a normal tiger would be.a oe A A Normal tigers have dark brown stripes like Estrella.A It might be hard to see but Orabellea s stripes are orange and thata s what makes her so rare.A A Mogensen says the tigers dona t have all their ...

Virginia State Police said a man driving a stolen Freightliner tractor led troopers on a chase Thursday afternoon on Interstate 81 from Botetourt to Rockbridge counties.

State Police say a driver of a stolen tractor-trailer led them on a chase, and ended with a crash on Interstate 81 Thursday evening.