50 local students still need sponsors before next week’s back-to-school giveaway
LOCAL NEWS | Every local kiddo deserves the best possible start to a brand new school year. Fifty apples still sit on local trees unsponsored.
July 25, 2026
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“QUAGMIRE”: Tuesday’s BZA meeting creates more questions than it answers
PUBLIC MEETINGS | New legal strategies, a dispute over official document versions, and a Robert’s Rule of Order snafu complicated the Gateway appeal heard before the BZA on Tuesday. The way forward remains uncertain.
Outgoing budget chair pushes back on spending-problem claims with trustee report in hand
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.
Jail renovation debt, Tanyard Hill subdivision rezoning among items before Metro Council Monday night
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.
New booking system transforms Lynchburg’s honor-system RV campground into an overnight tourism play
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.
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HOMECOMING: Former sheriff’s daughters return as tour guide at Moore County Jail Museum
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.
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Tennessee’s Tax-Free Weekend returns July 31–August 2
STATE NEW | Tennessee’s Tax Free Holiday return next weekend. Here’s what qualifies.
TN Tech launches fully online agribusiness degree path
STATE EDUCATION NEWS | Farmers with an eye on getting more education to support their farms will have a new tool in their kit as Tennessee Tech announces a fully online an agribusiness degree.
Metro Council rejects Tanyard Hill Road subdivision rezoning, 11-2
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.
Duck River Electric marks 90 years with Aug. 15 meeting
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.
Don’t miss the final weekend of the Bedford County Fair
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.
Peach Festival returns on July 18
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?
MUD’s water loss stays below 30 percent for the first time in years
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.
Whiskey Creek developer asked court to block his own homeowners’ vote; they voted anyway and are counter-suing for $5 million
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.
Jack Daniel’s parent company CEO to retire
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.
PLOT TWIST: Receiver sues Farm Credit, saying lender’s own failures let CFO fraud grow at Uncle Nearest
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.