(NAPSI)—As the school year comes to a close, many parents of struggling readers may feel concerns about maintaining reading progress. Educators often refer to this as the “summer slide”—the learning ...

Rustburg Class of 2026: Johanna Heddings SCA President, welcomed parents, family members, friends, faculty, and honored guests. “Welcome to the Commencement Exercises for the Rustburg High School ...

VHSL Class 1 All-State honors were announced last week for local softball and baseball standouts as Breanna Crozier represented Altavista. Crozier was recently named Region 1B Player of the Year and ...

Altavista Combines School has 12 new members of the team for the 2024-2025 academic year. Emily Westmoreland will be teaching PE at ACS. She recently graduated from Radford University with her ...

The 82nd anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy and the 25th anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial will be marked together with a special ceremony on June 6, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the ...

On Wednesday, May 27, Altavista Combined School held its High School Awards Ceremony in the gym. This was for students in grades 9-12. Principal Stefanie Anderson welcomed everyone to this special ...

Brookville High School announced last week that Dustin Russell is officially the new head football coach for Bees for the upcoming 2026 season. Russell is an Alleghany native who played and coached at ...

The Brookville Timberlake Fireman Fair will be held June 9 through June 13. The location is new this year. It will be at Tree of Life Ministries located at 2812 Greenview Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502.

Tru by Hilton, along with Campbell County Economic Development, hosted an Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate the new Tru hotel at 650 Simons Run in Lynchburg. With COVID-19 ...

The annual Basketball camp at the Altavista YMCA was a huge success, drawing its largest turnout in years with more than 70 participants in the morning session for kindergarten through 5th grade ...

The Town of Altavista and Altavista On Track are pleased to announce the selection of two businesses to receive funding through the Fire Up Altavista program. Rooted Exchange and Butterfly Bakehouse ...

Avoca After Hours presented more local live music this past Friday (June 26) as they featured Gretna’s own singer/songwriter Amber Leanna Short. Short performed her blend of acoustic country ...