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Education
1 month ago
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank combats food insecurity for students in summer months

Many students are in need of steady meals over the summer when school is not in session, and the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank looks to help.

Chris Long reading to Scottsville Elementary School students, May 2026
Education
1 month ago
Long Foundation contributes $7,000 for at-home libraries at Scottsville Elementary

The legendary Virginia defensive lineman and two-time Super Bowl champ has used his charity foundation to help aid the cause of increased literacy in Scottsville and the surrounding area.

Local
1 month ago
Mint Springs Valley Park closed for swimming due to algae bloom in lake

An algae bloom has made the lake hazardous to swim in for the foreseeable future.

Pierre Tharpe
Albemarle County
1 month ago
ACPD arrests Palmyra man in Hydraulic Rd break-in

The suspect broke into a home occupied by a couple and their infant child.

Surrounding Counties
1 month ago
Trial of assistant principal accused of negligence in school shooting begins

Ebony Parker faces multiple counts, including eight charges of child neglect, stemming from the incident that led to the shooting of teacher Abby Zwerner, a Ruckersville native and JMU alum.

red sun
Local
1 month ago
Record-high temperatures expected over the next three days

With forecasts calling for highs in the upper 90s, the region could break records set in 1911 and 1934.

Close-up of a tactical vest with multiple pouches and a badge that reads POLICE ICE.
Surrounding Counties
1 month ago
ICE: Honduran MS-13 gang member among those arrested in Greene Co. operation

26 people were arrested Thursday in Ruckersville in a joint operation between ICE and the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Surrounding Counties
1 month ago
Area counties join together to fight Valley Link

Campbell County is the only potentially-impacted county not in opposition at this time.

Measles vaccine
Surrounding Counties
1 month ago
VDH declares measles outbreak in Buckingham Co.

The announcement came Wednesday, just two days after the VDH announced a case of measles in a child in the region.

Seth Anthony Osgood
Surrounding Counties
1 month ago
Augusta Sheriff’s Office seeks public help finding missing person

48-year-old Seth Anthony Osgood has been missing since March 6.