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Board moves forward with Bonsack zoning changes
According to The Wilkinson Group, the neighborhood’s main street would be located on the southwest side of the property, close...
Eagle Rock Library adds branch supervisor
Library Director Julie Phillips (at podium) introduces Eagle Rock Library Branch Supervisor Jennifer Hannah (right) to the Botetourt County Board...
Santa Run and Pancakes with Santa are coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town… and he’s making his way through Botetourt County starting on Dec. 4 in Buchanan....
Documentarians to visit Historic Greenfield
Slave Quarters (built in 1860) This is a so-called “double-saddleback” construction, with two levels, located on Greenfield Plantation.File photo The...
Retired pastor publishes book on history of Botetourt churches
Photo courtesy of Robert McRae Robert McRae, retired pastor of Galatia Evangelical Presbyterian Church, has recently released a book titled...
Mill Creek Baptist, Longbeards host handicapped deer hunters
Photo courtesy of the Botetourt Longbeards Mill Creek Baptist Church and its “Outdoor Ministry” partnered with the Botetourt Longbeards Chapter...
Blue Ridge resident nabs first turkey
Photo courtesy of Marion family Wyatt Marion, 12, of Blue Ridge, got his first turkey on November 23– just in...
Buchanan Town Council extends tax deadline to December 31
The Town of Buchanan has announced it will change the due date for the 2022 real estate and personal property...
Erupting Hawaii volcano spurs warning for people to prepare
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario. The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn’t immediately endangering towns, but the U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.” Officials told residents to be ready to evacuate if lava flows...
Read moreDrying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River. The future of the Salton Sea, and who is financially responsible for it, has been a...
Read moreBuffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the...
Read moreFentanyl’s scourge plainly visible on streets of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles doughnut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed in the grips of a fentanyl high — lurching from moments of slumber to bouts of violent shivering on a warm summer day. When Brandice Josey, another homeless addict, bent down and blew a...
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BC-BKH-West Virginia girls Basketball preseason poll
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school girls basketball preseason poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Pts Class AAAA 1. Morgantown (3) 87 2. Huntington (4) 78 3. Wheeling Park (1) 74 4. Cabell Midland 66 5. George Washington (1) 41 6. Parkersburg 35 (tie)...
Read moreW.Va. appoints new DHHR deputy secretary following review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has appointed a new deputy secretary of child and adult services following recommendations in a $1 million report completed earlier this month by a consulting firm hired to study restructuring the agency responsible for running the state's foster care system. Cammie Chapman, previously West Virginia’s Department of...
Read moreDemocrats kept the Senate this year, but 2024 may be harder
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging. The party enters the next cycle defending 23 seats, including two held by independents who caucus with Democrats. That's compared with just 10 seats...
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Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers would take up legislation this week to impose the deal that unions agreed to in September. “Let me be...
Read morePedulla, Mutts power Virginia Tech past Minnesota, 67-57
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Sean Pedulla scored 17 points and Justyn Mutts scored 16 and Virginia Tech beat Minnesota 67-57 in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Monday night. Pharrel Payne dunked to pull the Golden Gophers into a 22-all tie with more than six minutes left in the first half, but...
Read moreMonday’s Scores
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Briar Woods 55, Loudoun Valley 33 Castlewood 39, Tri-Cities Christian, Tenn. 37 Chatham 80, Tunstall 5 Christ Chapel Academy 55, King Abdullah 12 Eastern View 56, Fauquier 26 Floyd County 58, Magna Vista 42 Franklin County 52, Halifax County 37 Great Bridge 55, Phoebus 39 Greenbrier Christian 36,...
Read moreGOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, a decision that was quickly challenged in court by the state's top election official. The refusal to certify by Cochise County in southeastern Arizona comes amid pressure...
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