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Unemployment claims begin to stabilize

After 10 weeks of soaring unemployment rates as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment rates began leveling ... Read more

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Senior cool care program

Piedmont Senior Resources (PSR) is partnering with the Department of Aging and Dominion Energy to donate air conditioners ... Read more

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Buckingham Correctional Center cases increase

Two additional Buckingham County prison inmates died from complications of COVID-19 in the last week. On Thursday, May ... Read more

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Fire victim identified as 99-year-old Cumberland man

The victim of a May 22 fatal house fire in Cumberland County has been identified as 99-year-old Cumberland ... Read more

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Cumberland County arrest report

April 7 • Travis Diaz Johnson, 37, of Richmond, charged with obstruct/resist: without threats/force; trespass: after being forbidden to ... Read more

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PSR to deliver groceries and medicine to seniors

Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging (PSR) is rolling out new programs in response to the continued ... Read more

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DISTRICT WIDE VDOT ACTIVITIES Crews will perform various construction/maintenance activities throughout the district using the best practices of ... Read more

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Pine Grove listed in top 7 endangered sites

Preservation Virginia, a privately-funded, statewide historic preservation leader founded more than 100 years ago, recently named the Pine ... Read more

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Nonprofit network of 7 counties established

South Central Virginia Nonprofit Network (SCVNN) is a recently-launched support network that establishes a comprehensive database of resources ... Read more

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Empty roads inspiring triple-digit speeds

It appears that in the era of COVID-19, when fewer drivers are on the roads, those who do ... Read more

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Food banks have strong supply

Providers of food to those in need around the area have been able to increase their food output ... Read more

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Virus cases rise across area

The counties of Prince Edward, Buckingham, Cumberland, Charlotte and Lunenburg all experienced sizable jumps in their respective coronavirus ... Read more

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Fatal fire on Cooks Road

A Cumberland County man died Friday, May 22, after a fire broke out in his home. Randolph District ... Read more

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Dillwyn Correctional Center sees 38 new virus cases

As cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in the area, the Dillwyn Correctional Center (DCC) in Buckingham ... Read more

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Truck overturns on Columbia Road

The Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department  (CVFD) responded Monday, May 18, at approximately 12:24 p.m. to Columbia Road, in ... Read more

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“Family spread” causing case numbers to rise in Prince Edward

As area coronavirus cases continue to slowly rise, health officials have said this week’s jump in COVID-19 positives ... Read more

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Jobs continue to be lost as a result of pandemic

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

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White hired as planning and zoning admin

Former Farmville Downtown Partnership Program Manager Chelsey White has taken a new position as planning director and zoning ... Read more

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Valedictorian and salutatorian announced

Graceyn Cubbage and Jordan Smith have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian of Cumberland High School. Cubbage is ... Read more

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Newman earns VCC scholarship

Jordan Newman, a senior at Cumberland High School in Cumberland County, has earned a $1,500 educational scholarship from ... Read more

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Class of 2020 may walk in October

Cumberland High School (CHS) seniors were supposed to have walked across the stage this Friday to accept their ... Read more

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

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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 ... Read more

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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, ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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Central office to restructure

Dr. Chip Jones, who will become the new superintendent of Cumberland County Public Schools July 1, has announced ... Read more

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Teachers of the Year announced

Emily Wilson Overstreet was named Teacher of the Year for Cumberland Elementary School. Overstreet has been teaching art ... Read more