After VMI enrollment plummets, admissions tests new tactics
Virginia Military Institute is wrestling with how to recruit more students after a bruising admissions cycle
Seasons’ Yield expands into Lexington
“Bread Day” family brings new café to downtown’s Main Street
County further delays solar proposal decision
The county planning commission will decide on a controversial solar proposal in June, amid resident opposition
Lexington urged to increase pay for city workers
Minimum-wage city workers and police officers in Lexington are particularly underpaid
Mental health and addiction issues climbing in Lexington
The pandemic has drawn attention away from skyrocketing mental health problems and overdose deaths in Lexington and other rural communities
SkyBar joins Lexington’s bar scene
The speakeasy-style bar has attracted students and other community members seeking a new form of late-night entertainment.
Entrepreneurship training program for people of color expands
The Walker Program, established in August 2020, has helped jumpstart several successful POC-led businesses.
Development talk for Spotswood re-launch
Two competing proposals to build multi-family housing in Lexington have been submitted to City Council
SkyBar brings a new aesthetic to Lexington
SkyBar, a speakeasy-style bar in the basement of Blue Sky, opened to the public Feb. 18.
Mask mandates in question at local schools
A controversial executive order has school districts defending their decisions to keep mask mandates in place.
Residents pushed to clear snow from sidewalks
After ten days of snow lingering on some Lexington sidewalks, Lexington’s city manager upped enforcement of a city ordinance that penalizes residents for not shoveling snow from their sidewalks.