The Virginia Military Institute board of visitors Friday appointed retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Furness ’87 as the Institute’s 16th superintendent, the chief executive officer of the ...

Several trees were downed and electric poles were broken in the Timber Ridge area due to a microburst during a storm Thursday afternoon. No injuries or structural damage was reported and crews from ...

Lexington City Council unanimously approved amendments to the city zoning ordinance to establish design standards for mini-warehouse developments in the city. Mini-warehouses are a conditional use in ...

The Rockbridge Regional Library Youth Literacy Program is seeking new tutors to help elementary students in the Rockbridge County Public Schools and at Waddell with reading through one-on-one tutoring ...

Aug. 7, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Economists, especially Democrat ones, aren’t knowledgeable. For example, knowing that an economist feels, on the average, just fine, with their head in a furnace ...

Barbara Jo (Lee) Baldwin, 72, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away at home in Ashburn on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Born on Aug. 22, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to ...

CUSTIS AUSTIN Curtis Lynn Austin, 63, of Natural Bridge Station went to be with his Savior Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at New River Valley Medical Center. Born June 19, 1962, in Rockbridge County, he was a ...

Patricia Gray Austin, 78, of Natural Bridge Station passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. She was the daughter of Robert and Winnie Gray. In addition to her parents, she was ...

Willie "Bill" Sandidge Jr., 82, of Waynesboro, passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at 10:10 p.m. He was a railroad man for 50 years collectively and loved his work, the men he ...