PUBLIC MEETINGS | Why did 11 council members vote no on a Tanyard Hill Road subdivision? A road curve, a sequencing dispute, and a five-acre rule all played a role. Here’s what happened.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | Five years of rising reserves, falling debt: what the county’s Trustee’s Report and Comptroller’s Annual Financial Reports say about the “spending problem” debate.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | The financing for the Moore County Jail renovation and the first reading of a rezoning for a subdivision along Tanyard Hill Road will be two of the major items discussed at Monday’s Metro Council meeting.
LOCAL TOURISM NEWS | They’ve always been there — if you know, you know — but a new tourism-sponsored booking system looks to put camping in Lynchburg’s Wiseman Park on the map of the RV community.
LOCAL EDUCATION NEWS | Moore County’s Voluntary Pre-K class helps local kids bloom into school-ready students. However, the classroom needs seven more income-eligible four-year-olds — or crucial state dollars are at risk.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS | Two of former Moore County Sheriff Ron Cunningham’s daughters recently returned to Lynchburg to serve as tours guides in their former home, the Moore County Jail Museum.
LOCAL NEW | From 386 members to 87,000: Duck River Electric’s 90th anniversary meeting brings breakfast, door prizes and a truck giveaway to Harris Middle School.
THINGS TO DO | It’s the final weekend of the Bedford County Fair and there’s plenty of fun to be had from carnival rides to live music and pretty much everything rural in between.
THINGS TO DO | If you’re heading to Belvidere on Saturday for the Swiss Pantry’s Donut Saturday, why not make it a day and stop by the Peach Festival at the Neal Creek Retreat?
LOCAL NEWS | The hard work seems to be paying off as the water loss numbers trend down for the third consecutive month. MUD reports 29.8 percent for June.
REGIONAL NEWS | Court records show developer Chip Hayes signed a five-year exclusive rental contract with his own company weeks after the state dissolved his development LLC — then sold that company’s future income to a New York funding firm.
WHISKEY INDUSTRY NEWS | Lawson Whiting steps down after nearly 30 years with Jack Daniel’s parent company, Brown-Forman. The Brown family — still firmly in control after 155 years — says it is confident in the search for his successor.
REGIONAL NEWS | New court filing says former Nearest Green CFO admitted falsifying reports and forging Fawn Weaver’s signature. The court-appointed receiver running Uncle Nearest is now suing the lender that asked the court to put him in charge.
LOCAL ELECTIONS | The Lynchburg Times submitted an identical set of questions to all candidates seeking office in the August 2026 General Election. Responses are published here in a straight Q&A format, exactly as submitted, without editing or rewriting.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Local Chuck Clark writes about the nature of patriotism in the days following the Fourth of July.
STATE NEWS | TDEC’s second round of Volkswagen settlement funding targets highway stretches the federal buildout left uncovered — including routes Moore County drivers use daily.