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