Schuyler News

Harshest budget cutting: The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors slashes all funding to JAUNT, Jefferson Area Board for Aging, and Offender Aid and Restoration in a last-minute deal that made the county's property tax rate 59.81 cents per $100 rather than the 68 cents the supes had advertised.

In a serendipitous confluence of events, the two veteran, decorated actors made local news this week, just miles from the real-life home of "The Waltons" - the village of Schuyler in Nelson County, which served as the model for Earl Hamner Jr.'s beloved television series.

Crews from all around central Virginia are currently battling a brush fire in the Esmont area of southern Albemarle County.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect Monday for all of central Virginia, indicating conditions are prime and the area is at an increased risk for wildfires.

More than 3,100 loblolly pines were planted in Schuyler on March 13 through a partnership with the Virginia Department of Forestry and Nelson County High School's agriculture program.