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According to a survey by SafeWise published this year, our area has some of the safest places to live in the state of Virginia, with Buena Vista and Lexington ranking in the top ten. The police departments in Lexington, Buena Vista and the Rockbridge County Sher...

July 1950 brought a couple of building projects to our area that we still use today. The corner of Washington and Nelson in downtown Lexington has been under construction for months now, but in 1950 another construction project was approved. Plus, two businesses got their start in the summer of 1950, but only one has survived to celebrate 75 years of business. Let's look at t...

‘He Was My Friend And I Hurt Him’ Woman Sentenced In Stabbing Death

A Buena Vista woman will serve more than 20 years in prison for the murder of a man she stabbed more than 60 times.

Margaret Mary Wright, 46, pled guilty in April to a charge of seconddegree murder in the death of Carl Agnor in April of 2024.

Her sentencing hearing was h...

“The value of tonight is that we have a shared understanding of the issues that we may not have had before. We might have different solutions, but we understand the issues together.”

That was Lexington Council member John Driscoll’s summary of an interjurisdicitonal meeting held on July 28 in which Buena Vista City Council, Lexington City Council and the Rockbridge Coun...

The annual Western Augusta Steam and Gas Club Tractor Ride was held Saturday. This year the group honored longtime participant and farmer, Jerry McDonald (at left). For more on the event see page B10. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)