Today's News

    Uzaifa Ahmad was only a few blocks away when the Twin Towers came down in New York City in September 11, 2001.
    “I thought the world had ended,” she said of living through that experience. But having survived it, she confidently told her fellow summer school graduates last week, “We’re going to be OK.”
    Ahmad was one of 11, 2011 Summer graduates from Bedford County Public Schools. Graduation exercises for  them  were held at Liberty High School on Thursday.

They’re living history.    
    The Bedford Museum has an annual summer program aimed at introducing children to history held every Friday afternoon.

  To my knowledge, Bedford does not have an official city or county motto.

Congressman Robert Hurt

As the current discussion in Washington continues to revolve around our nation’s debt crisis, the House remains committed to passing legislation to change the spending culture in Washington, get our fiscal house in order, and create a better economic environment for job creation for 5th District Virginians and all Americans.