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New filtration plant gets Buchanan off Boil Water Notice

BUCHANAN – If anything, Tom Middlecamp was able to breathe a sigh of relief Friday afternoon. No, the Town of Buchanan’s war on cryptosporidium is not over, but that’s only because the final financial arrangements for fighting the war are left to be figuratively signed, and with it the peace treaty. But, town water customers were... »

Hot air balloon, carriage rides, auto show part of Friday’s Evening In Buchanan

BUCHANAN – Downtown Buchanan will be alive with activity Friday evening during the eighth annual An Evening In Buchanan. The public is invited to the affair that will include an antique auto show and the monthly Second Fridays Cruise-In, music from the ‘50s with DJ Randy Riddle, the barbershop quartet Four For You strolling the... »

Looney Creek Watershed residents eligible for cost share on septic pump outs, repairs

TMDL. WQIP. BMPs. 319 Non-point Source Management Program. Impaired Waters. They are the acronyms and terminology that mean many homeowners in the Looney Creek Watershed are eligible for cost-share funds to have their septic tanks pumped or their failing septic systems repaired or replaced. The funding that will pay 50 percent of the cost of having a septic tank pumped,... »

Documentary about Hunter’s 1864 Raid showing at Buchanan Theater July 24-25

Buchanan Theater will show the new documentary about Union Gen. David Hunter’s raid through the Valley of Virginia and Lynchburg Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24. The 45-minute film is titled “Hunter’s Raid—Battle for Lynchburg.” It premiered this spring in Lynchburg. The Town Buchanan became a player in Hunter’s Raid in the late spring of... »

Buchanan hopes to have boil water notice ‘behind us’ by end of July

BUCHANAN – “Hopefully, by the end of the month, the boil water notice will be behind us,” Hal Bailey told Buchanan Town Council Monday night. The anticipated good news was part of a brief update he gave council on the new micro-filtration water plant the town is building. Bailey, who is with Engineering Concepts Inc. in... »

Falls calling it a career after 58 years on Buchanan’s Main Street

An icon in Buchanan’s downtown is going home—at least some days he’ll be at home. After 58 years of retailing on one side of Main Street or the other, Bobby Falls has decided to retire. And in the process, he’s having a “Retirement Sale” at The Family Furniture Gallery. The 75-year-old Falls isn’t abandoning Main Street completely... »

Global gobbler hunters achieve the World Slam

World Slam has a nice ring to it if you’re a turkey hunter. It means you’ve joined the rare group who have successfully hunted all four subspecies of the wild turkey found in the United States, the Gould’s bird in Mexico and the Ocellated wild turkey found in the same southern neighbor’s Yucatan Peninsula. Richard Pauley... »

109 receive diplomas at JRHS graduation

James River High School’s Senior Class President Consuela Hancock, SCA President Patrick Bennett, Salutatorian Brandon Plunkett and Valedictorian Kathleen Kane all called the Class of 2010 “unique” during their commencement addresses on a pleasant evening last Thursday on the school football field. Kane told her classmates she almost didn’t come to James River because she... »

River girls 2nd in Group A track meet; Falls, Hamm individual champs

A point here, a point there could have made the difference. But things didn’t fall James River’s way last Saturday and the Knights were edged by Manassas Park in their quest for a Group A state girls track championship. James River took runner-up honors at Radford University’s Cupp Stadium, with 51 points to the... »

Botetourt libraries retain evening hours, cutting book, DVD, magazine purchases

Botetourt’s libraries have traded getting some new books, periodicals and DVDs in order to maintain some of the evening hours the Library Trustees thought were going to be cut because of budget challenges in the coming fiscal year that starts July 1. The budget for the Blue Ridge, Buchanan, Fincastle and Eagle Rock libraries was... »