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Government

  • Deer kill will be up this year in town program

        The number of deer being killed through the Bedford Police Department’s deer management program in town this year will easily surpass last year’s number. Already this season the department has killed 68, the same amount that was killed for the entire season in 2012.
        “There’s no shortage of deer,” Bedford Police Chief Jim Day said of the effort.
        Through the Department of Agriculture, localities can manage deer herds.

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  • Agencies work together in training exercise

        It was just training.
        But it was a chance to be prepared should a real event occur.

        Last Thursday law enforcement officers from the Bedford Police Department, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police joined with workers with Probation and Parole to simulate an abduction and active shooter scenario.

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  • Residents oppose proposed ordinance changes

        Two board of supervisors-initiated amendments to the subdivision ordinance and zoning ordinance drew fire from some people at public hearings held by the planning commission last week.
        One area of contention was what Commission Chairman Steve Wilkerson called a “very specific” provision on private streets in subdivisions. It only applies to subdivisions that were in existence prior to 1989 and have an existing private street.

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  • New rec association board holds first meeting

        Bedford, once it reverted to town status, got out of the recreation business. Instead of a recreation department, the town now has a recreation association, joining the county’s other 10 associations as the 11th.

        “After tonight I have no official role,” commented Assistant City Manager Bart Warner at the organizational meeting. Warner chaired the meeting until the board could adopt its bylaws and elect officers.
        “This is the beginning of a brand new thing,” he said.

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  • Could town get a rail stop?

        Bedford Town Council discussed a couple of items on its wish list last Tuesday, including having rail service stop in Bedford and, for at least some council members, have a new high school built in the Liberty Zone.
        
    Rail service
        With the planned return of rail service to Roanoke, and the success of the Lynchburg passenger service, council would like to see Bedford be considered for a stop since the proposed expansion will pass right through Bedford County and the town.

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  • Guns in the classroom

        Speakers during the citizen’s comment period at last week’s board of supervisors meeting gave a thumbs up to the supervisors' decision to ask for legislation that would allow school staff to carry guns on school property.

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  • Bedford votes key in AG election

        A question mark still hangs over the race for Attorney General nearly a week after the election. At present, Mark Herring leads Mark Obenshain by a margin of 117 votes — 1,103,610 to 1,103,493.  That will probably result in a recount.

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  • Austin to fill Putney's seat

        A new face has joined the legislators representing the Bedford area. Terry Austin, a member of the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors was successful in his bid to succeed Delegate Lacey Putney representing the 19th House of Delegates District.
        “I’m very proud of it,” Austin said of his election. “It’s quite a step going from supervisor to delegate. It’s challenging — it’s such a big district.”

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  • Delegate Byron remarks on election results

    Delegate Kathy J. Byron (R-Bedford County) celebrated a victory this evening, winning her ninth term representing the 22nd District in the Virginia General Assembly. At a gathering of supporters at the Republican Victory Center on Leesville Road in Lynchburg, Byron delivered the following remarks:

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  • Austin to fill Putney's seat

        Terry Austin, a Botetourt County businessman, was elected, Tuesday, to fill the 19th House of Delegates District seat that Delegate Lacey Putney has held for 52 years. Putney defeated Lewis Medlin Jr., a Bedford County businessman in the two-way race by a 70 percent to 30 percent margin. Austin did his best in Botetourt County, where he got 76 percent of the vote, but he also did well in Bedford County, garnering 71 percent of the vote. Medlin did best at in Allegheny County and Covington. He got 48 percent in Covington and 41 percent in Allegheny County.

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