The Virginia Military Institute board of visitors Friday appointed retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Furness ’87 as ...

Robert “Bobby” Carleton Ferguson, 63, of Natural Bridge, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Born Sept. 19, 1961, in Lexington, he was a son of the late Richard Carleton Ferguson and Frances Mae ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aug.; 6, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: The president says he loves “tariffs.” On Aug. 1, he announced tariffs on friends and foes. Some for personal reasons, such as Brazil. Fifty percent. He does ...

Aug. 8, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Our Congressman Ben Cline repeats the notion that the “Big Beautiful Bill” will result in lower taxes for all of us. This may be true, but close examination ...

The excursions are scheduled to run on five weekends, starting the last weekend of September, and tickets are now available on the Virginia Scenic Railways website. The News-Gazette visited the ...

Jonathan Coleman, formerly of Buena Vista and a 2014 graduate of Parry McCluer High School, received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School on June 7. In September, he will ...

Parker Brooks Woody of Lexington received his bachelor of arts degree in sports media and analytics and a minor in human computer interaction from Virginia Tech in May.

The Rockbridge Retired Teachers Association will meet on Monday, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m. in the Rockbridge Innovation Center Community Room. This month’s meeting features a fall election update from ...

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Mountain Gateway Community College a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $1.7 million to improve college retention and graduation ...

Rockbridge Area Health Center (RAHC) will host two student vaccination clinics on Aug. 18 to help local students prepare for the upcoming school year. The vaccination clinics will be held at Maury ...