Lancaster County Public Schools will hold a Three Rivers Health district drive-through COVID-19 testing event at Lancaster Middle School on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The event is open to all staff, students and families. Officials say testing is another layer in protection against COVID-19 and you should be tested if you’re symptomatic, … Read more
Road work continues this week in Northumberland County. Crews will be on Remo Road ftomorrow rom 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. conducting milling and paving operations. There will be one-way, alternating traffic in the work zones. Today through Friday crews will be on Route 360 between Cedar Point Road and Blundons Road to apply pavement … Read more
Today the Virginia Department of Emergency Management in partnership with Dominion Energy will test the Wireless Emergency Alerts infrastructure. There will be 4 tests taking place between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 2 tests from each of Virginia’s nuclear power stations. If you opted-in to receive the alerts and have a specially-configured phone you … Read more
A new poll from Roanoke College finds Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s job approval is at 53% which is a slight gain from a February survey. The survey found President Joe Biden’s approval rate is now 37%, down from his previous low of 31%. Close to 9 in 10 respondents said abortion should remain legal in some … Read more
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is urging residents to plan ahead for getting Real ID with the deadline less than a year away before it will be required for identification to board an aircraft. The federal government had planned to required the enhanced IDs several years ago but delayed implementation due to the pandemic … Read more
The Lancaster County board of supervisors unanimously approved the fiscal year 2023 budget at its May 26 meeting. According to the Rappahannock Record lawmakers approved the $44.3 million spending plan and a $13 million capital improvement budget which provides $8 million for the new middle/high school project and $3.2 million for a first responder digital … Read more
Northern Neck Electric Cooperative announceds it named its scholarship for students in memory of former lineworker Randy Thompson who was with the coop for over 3-1/2 decades. The award goes to support education at the Power Line Worker Program at Southside Virginia Community College. Thompson started with NNEC as a right-of-way laborer and moved up … Read more
Northumberland High School students appeared at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting to voice their desire for the county to free the funding for the school division’s proposed STEM / JROTC / Athletic building. According to the Northumberland Echo the project is funded but supervisors haven’t yet passed along the remaining portion of the funds … Read more
Urbanna mayor Barbara Hartley and town councilor Merri Hanson have filed for re-election according to Melissa Welch, director of Elections and general registrar for Middlesex County. According to the Southside Sentinel Mayor Hartley is being challenged by current council member Bill Goldsmith. Incumbent Councilor Marjorie Austin had previously filed for re-election. The Urbanna Town Council … Read more
Former Middlesex County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Franklin Smith Jr. is sentenced to 6 months in jail on his plea deal to rape charges. According to the Southside Sentinel Smith will be on probation for five years and is required to remain drug and alcohol free plus have no contact with the victim. Smith pleaded guilty … Read more