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    YMCA After School Program Celebrates MLK’s Birthday
    Rockbridge Area YMCA youth helped celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on the campus of Washington & Lee University on Monday, January 18, 2.....

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    What's News Here...

    · Retail Promotions Committee sets 2010 Special Event dates

    · Chamber’s A Night in New Orleans Dinner Dance Set For February 20th


    Rockbridge Weekly Community Calendar
    The Rockbridge Weekly now posts a regular community calendar of events in this place. If you are a non-profit and would like to submit an item for th.....

    · BV School Board Schedules Feb. 25, 2010

    · Lexington School Board Meets February 8

    · U.S. Forest Service and SCA To Partner on ARRA Trailwork

    · Rockbridge Grown Sets Feb. 10 Agenda


    'Fun Strokes' Art Class at Gallery by the James Makes a Mardi Gras Mask
    Fun Strokes Art Class at the Gallery by the James, 19827 Main Street (Route 11) in Buchanan will be making a Mardi Gras mask on Friday, February 19 fr.....


    Choirs' "Jubilee!" Concert Will Enliven Listeners at Southern Virginia University
    Southern Virginia University’s Bela Voce and Chamber Choir will join their voices and their hearts in “Jubilee!” at Chandler Hall on Thursday, F.....

    · Local Writer Contest Winners Noted

    · UPDATE: Taster's Choice Fundraiser Postponed To March 27

    · Waddell Oklahoma! Performance Rescheduled

    · Lime Kiln Announces New Play Reading

    · Buena Vista Lenten Services Set

    · County Public Input Session For Economic Development Feb. 10

    · Conservation Corps And Forestry Looking For Summer Campers

    · Farm Bureau Cautions About Dangers Of Portable Heating

    · Letter: Can Virginia Afford Telecom Reform?

    · Lexington Farmer's Market Annual Meeting February 11th

    · RCHS Scholarship Fair For February 5th Cancelled

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  • 1. Nuclear weapons technology for Iran is inevitable: true or false?
  • 2. In a Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama contest, who would get your vote?
  • 3. In any national health care scheme, should those who smoke pay more for coverage?
  • 4. Oregon just increased state income taxes due to budget problems. Is this a good idea?
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    UPDATED: 'Super Saturday' Scheduled at DSLCC Rockbridge Center February 20


    RCHS German Exchange Student Shares Neat Photo


    Columbia Gas of Virginia Reminds Customers to Clear Natural Gas Meters of Snow and Ice


    Significant And Hazardous Snowstorm Coming, Warns Foresman


    Farris Signs With Virginia Tech


    Rockbridge Area Hospice Announces 2010 Board of Directors


    Baumann Honored For ARC Leadership

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    Local IN-DEPTH Newsbeat

    · Broadband Authority Waits For Round One Application Results


    County School Board Gets Updates On Budget Concerns
    The Rockbridge County School Board received a lot of good news at their Monday, February 1st meeting as they were updated on the implementation of sch.....

    · County Schools To Use Charlie Potter Beef Next Year


    Omicron Delta Kappa Relocating to Its Birthplace of Lexington
    Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society that was founded at Washington and Lee University in 1914, will be returning to its birthpl.....


    Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor Still a Winner, According to W&L Professor
    Even before the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts step on the field for Super Bowl XLIV, one result has already been determined--stocks will b.....


    RCHS Teacher Phyllis Parker Experiences Iraq
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    New RHS Proceedings A Cornucopia Of Local History
    The newest issue of the Rockbridge Historical Society (RHS) Proceedings, Volume XIII, is hot off the press and includes a cornucopia of local history .....


    BV School Board Requests Budgetary Input; Other Progress Noted
    Buena Vista, VA (Jan. 28, 2010) - Before the formal Buena Vista School Board meeting was held, a budget public hearing session was conducted beginning.....


    Martin, Butler Brothers Arrested In Stop-In Cigarette Theft Case
    Lexington, Va (Feb. 2, 2010) - Rachel Martin, 30, (no fixed Lexington address), a former Main St. Stop-In clerk, was arrested on December 14, 2009 in .....


    Owens Charged With Forgery, Uttering: $24,000 Taken
    Lexington, VA (Feb. 2, 2010) - For Alanda Owens, 36, of 229 Maury St., Lexington, January 25th wasn't a good day. That's day that Lexington Police in.....

    · Big Step Forward For Buena Vista As City Seeks WWTP Upgrading


    UPDATED: Lexington Man Dies After Sunday Motorcycle Accident
    Lexington, Va (Jan. 26, 2010) - Evan Lee McNeil, 29, of 614 Ross Road, Lexington, was pronounced dead at the Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital emerg.....

    · County Authorizes Public Transportation Application

    · BV City Council Actions At Jan. 21, 2010 Meeting

    · Lake Merriweather Dam Situation Still Concerns Citizens


    UPDATED: Heavy Rain Causes Flooding In Goshen And Rockbridge Baths
    A winter rainstorm that began about 7 p.m. on Sunday night, January 24th and then picked up between 10:30 p.m. and midnight in Rockbridge County merge.....


    Oklahoma! This Weekend At Waddell
    Waddell Elementary School will be the scene this weekend of of down home singing, dancing, and fun. The drama and chorus classes have come together t.....

    · Riegel Updates Board On Broadband Proposal Progress


    A Goshen Rainbow...
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    Goshen Underwater
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    · Back Door Deals Won’t Cut It

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