Archive for Cumberland – Page 14

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VDH counting tests, not people

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

Business

FACES receives grant

Food Lion Feeds announced last week that FACES Food Pantry of Farmville was granted $3,500 in funding to ... Read more

Education

Bike raffle rewards 22 students

Twenty-two students from Cumberland Middle School were rewarded for hard work and good behavior after they each won ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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Cumberland man charged with murder

William Taylor Hale Mottley, 28, of Cumberland, was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning, May 12, ... Read more

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Fatal crash on Oak Hill Road in Cumberland

Virginia State Police (VSP) is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Cumberland County that resulted in the death of ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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).  ... Read more

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Counties receive grant funding

Food Lion Feeds announced the recipients of $1 million in grant funding being awarded to nearly 600 local ... Read more

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Challenges in fighting homelessness

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

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 ... Read more

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CCC receives truck, freezers

Doris Seal, president of Cumberland Community Cares (CCC) at Delma’s Food Pantry in Cumberland County, announced this week ... Read more

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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) ... Read more

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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, ... Read more

Sports

The captain of the Dukes

The COVID-19 pandemic ended the Cumberland County High School varsity baseball team’s 2020 season before it began. Nevertheless, ... Read more

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Crews respond to dryer fire at Cumberland residence

Crews responded just before midnight Saturday, May 2, to a reported dryer fire in the 400 block of ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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Cumberland FY21 real property tax rate set at 77 cents

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday, April 28, to set the county’s Fiscal Year 2021 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

Education

CHS awarded $37,500 grant

Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane announced Friday, April 24, $600,000 in competitive grants awarded to 16 high ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

Business

Envigo agrees to inspections

Lawmakers rejected an amendment offered by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to put more regulations on the state’s largest ... Read more

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Lynchburg district traffic alert

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures is planned. Work may be delayed/canceled due to weather or other issues. For ... Read more

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Cumberland Board to consider tax increase

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors is preparing to vote on the county’s real estate tax and Fiscal ... Read more

Lifestyles

Hurricane funds available

The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded the Virginia Department of Historic Resources more than $4.7 million in ... Read more

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