Today's News

    The Bedford County School Board is considering two dates—May 7 or April 30—to reschedule a public hearing to discuss the location for constructing a new middle school in the Liberty Zone.
    Originally slated for May 2, the meeting date has to be changed because of a scheduling conflict.

    Salem City Manager Kevin Boggess announced this week the hiring of Rosie Jordan as the city’s new finance director.

    Jordan goes to Salem from the city of Bedford, where she has been a fixture since 1994. She began her professional career here as an accountant, later became the assistant director of finance and in 2001, was named Bedford’s finance director.

    An informational meeting held last week by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)  on biosolids drew 54 people, mostly farmers in support of its use as fertilizer.
    Biosolids is a name given to sewer sludge that has been treated and prepared to be spread on agricultural land as fertilizer. Synagro Central LLC has applied for an issuance of a permit to authorize the land application of biosolids to 576 fields in Bedford County totaling about 13,033 acres of agricultural land.

    St. John’s Episcopal Church will observe Good Friday with the Stations of the Cross. This follows Jesus as He carries His cross to Calvary, His crucifixion and death. During this service, people physically follow Jesus moving to 14 stations in the sanctuary.