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Public comments reinstated

The Buckingham Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted unanimously Monday, May 11, to reinstate the board meeting public comments ...

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Initial unemployment claims fall but total weekly claims continue upward trend

Initial unemployment claims in Prince Edward County for the week ending May 9 fell by 24% from the ...

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Zip code data sheds light on Buckingham COVID-19 cases

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) now provides an option to observe positive coronavirus cases by individual zip ...

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Dillwyn Correctional Center inmate dies of COVID-19

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) listed Buckingham County as having 347 positive coronavirus cases Wednesday, May 13, ...

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Phase 1 to begin Friday

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gave more details during a Friday afternoon press conference about what Phase 1 of ...

News

VDH counting tests, not people

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) recently changed the way it reports COVID-19 cases. This change is causing ...

Education

Area schools receive $1.7 million from CARES Act

Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane announced Friday, May 1, over $200 million in federal funding for Virginia ...

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75 inmates positive, one dead at BKCC

Buckingham Correctional Center (BKCC) experienced a whirlwind of virus-related news this week after COVID-19 cases at the facility ...

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County sees new spike in cases at Buckingham Correctional Center

As Virginia moves forward to restart parts of the economy on Friday, two prison outbreaks continue to push ...

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Buckingham Correctional Center inmate dies of coronavirus

A Buckingham Correctional Center (BCC) inmate has died from COVID-19, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC).  ...

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Majority of inmates are asymptomatic

As the number of Dillwyn Correctional Center (DCC) employees who have tested positive for the coronavirus increases, Buckingham ...

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300 inmates retested after swabs mistakenly sent to another facility

Coronavirus tests from 300 inmates at the Buckingham Correctional Facility in Buckingham County have to be redone after ...

News

Intersection reconstruction to begin on Route 460

DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITIES: Crews will perform various construction/ maintenance activities throughout the district using the best practices of social ...

News

Challenges in fighting homelessness

The lack of a shelter in the area and a lack of funds severely limits STEPS Inc.’s ability ...

Business

PSR receives federal aid to help older adults

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging (PSR) has received more ...

News

Herald honored by Virginia Press Association

The Farmville Herald was recently honored with 14 awards for outstanding work in the Virginia Press Association’s (VPA) ...

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Buckingham case counts rise

Buckingham County’s COVID-19 case count as reported by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) rose to 171 Tuesday, ...

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22% of Dillwyn Correctional Center inmates have virus

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reported no new coronavirus cases in Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Lunenburg or ...

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Positive inmates in Buckingham now total 195

Buckingham County’s coronavirus cases reached 137 as of Saturday, May 2, according to the Virginia Department of Health. ...

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Dillwyn man pleads guilty to federal drug charges

Stewart C. Booker of Dillwyn pled guilty Thursday, April 30, in the U.S. District Court in Lynchburg to ...

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Area coronavirus update

Updated COVID-19 statistics from the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Friday, May 1, show Buckingham County’s coronavirus cases ...

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161 cases of COVID-19 at Buckingham County prisons

The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) is reporting 161 cases of COVID-19 stemming from correctional centers in Buckingham ...

News

Buckingham cowboy rides into the sunset

Buckingham County lost a local hero Monday, April 27, when New Canton resident and founder of the Tom ...

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Residents imagine post quarantine life

As Virginia moves past the peak of the pandemic and looks forward to the end of Stay-at- Home ...

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PSR’s Young deployed

Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (PSR) Executive Director Justine Young is being deployed on active ...

News

Two Buckingham correctional centers have serious outbreaks of COVID-19

As the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reports another large jump in COVID-19 cases for Buckingham County Tuesday, ...

News

Facility outbreaks cause COVID-19 cases to soar in Buckingham

Buckingham County Emergency Management Coordinator Cody Davis confirmed Monday, April 27, the county’s number of COVID-19 cases had ...

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