By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – The Botetourt Resource Center (BRC) needs your help again.
In what’s become an annual effort, the center– which assists dozens of senior citizens and struggling families– needs funds to remain open beyond November of this year.
Right now, Director Robyn Dobyns said the center has enough money to remain open into the fall, but...
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By Submitted
Botetourt native John Guillote has the opportunity of a lifetime waiting for your vote.
Longtime friend Trevor Frost is in a competition to win a National Geographic Expedition, and if Frost is the winner, Guillote will be his co-leader.
Trevor and John are eager to focus world attention on the endangered species in Sumatra and all...
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By Brian Hoffman
For the first time since 1993, James River can claim to have the best football team in Botetourt County.
The Knights stunned host Lord Botetourt last Friday with a convincing 15-9 win over the host Cavaliers as their intra-county rivalry continued in Daleville. River dominated the line of scrimmage, and thus the game, as the...
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By Brian Hoffman
BOTETOURT – New time, new season, same rivalry. The football season will kick off tonight when Lord Botetourt plays host to James River in the annual intra-county game.
This year’s game will begin at 7 p.m., moving up a half-hour from recent years. Most of the local districts, except for the River Ridge, will go...
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By Staff Writer
If you drive on Etzler Road from 8-10 a.m. most any day of the week, you’ll likely see Jeff Rudisill of Daleville out for his daily walk.
Or, as Rudisill prefers to refer to it, “Taking my blood pressure and stress medicine.”
Rudisill walks 8-plus miles each day, and figures he covers about 2,800 miles annually—all...
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By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – Amsterdam is one of the oldest communities in Botetourt, but these days it is nearly lost in the transition between Daleville and Ashley Plantation.
Still, the little community on US 220 will be one of the subjects in a Dutch film that will tell the stories of all 16 American Amsterdams.
Two Dutch filmmakers...
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By Brian Hoffman
Allen Ginger thought he had a chance to make the golf team at Lord Botetourt this year, but he’s not going to bet $10,000 on it.
That’s how much money Allen stood to lose if he decided playing high school athletics was more important than picking up a check for 10 grand. Ginger, a rising...
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By Anita Firebaugh
DALEVILLE – Botetourt County’s only dine-in Chinese restaurant, CL Asia, offers patrons a splendid buffet for lunch. Diners can enjoy a variety of favorites such as General Tso’s chicken, sweet and sour chicken, fried rice and other delectable fare. Lunch specials are also available, along with take out.
The establishment, which opened in June, is...
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By Staff Writer
BOTETOURT – The Glebe Inc. voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on Monday, according to a news release from its parent organization, Virginia Baptist Homes Inc. (VBH).
The move is an effort to continue to serve its residents while restructuring its secured debt, according to a news release from...
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By Submitted
“Green” businesses and organizations are being showcased this Friday, June 18 during the first Botetourt County Environmental Expo.
The expo is free to the public and is being held from 2-6 p.m. at the Greenfield Education and Training Center in Daleville.
The Environmental Expo is the first of its kind in the county and is sponsored...
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