Nearly a year after terrorist bullets snuffed the life forces of her husband and daughter, Nelson County resident Kia Scherr hopes her new Web site will help other people find positive forces in their own lives.

Geller said no charges will be filed against the driver of the tractor-trailer.

Forty years ago Hurricane Camille devastated Nelson County.

Working as a photographer with The Daily Progress, I had been out that Tuesday night covering the Democratic primary runoff between Henry Howell of Norfolk and William Battle of Charlottesville.

Authorities have identified the man who died in a Lovingston house fire and another man who sustained injuries in the blaze.

A second audit is being conducted following the mysterious disappearance of former Glenmore Community Association Treasurer Michael Comer.

WINTERGREEN — The president of Glenmore Country Club was missing in the hills and forest around Wintergreen Resort on Thursday, the target of a search that began the day before and grew increasingly intense.

A decision by Wintergreen Resort to restrict access to its facilities has upset some Wintergreen residents who are not resort members but have used its amenities in the past.

The school sent home a letter with track athletes on Monday, Collins said, notifying parents that Noles had resigned effective immediately for personal reasons.

“I’m just lucky, that’s all,” he told Virginia Lottery officials.

No one in those two cars escaped unscathed.

U.S.29 wreck Sunday claims two

Firefighters weathering temperatures in the low 20s on Saturday afternoon beat back a fire that ultimately destroyed a Nelson County home and sent a firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries.

Gathered on a breezy day and nestled into pastoral confines on the cusp of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a spiritual community bade love and farewell to a Nelson County father and daughter who died in the Mumbai terrorist attacks last month in India.

A Nelson County woman faces a drunken driving charge following a head-on crash that sent her and two other people to the hospital Friday evening.

Alan Scherr, 58, and his 13-year-old daughter Naomi, were on a retreat with members from the spiritual community in Mumbai and were killed at the Oberoi Hotel when it was attacked.

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“Alan was probably one of the most beloved persons here. He will be greatly missed,“ Garvey said.

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The Synchronicity Foundation, headquartered in Nelson County, was hosting a meditation program at the Oberoi Hotel, one of the sites hit by the attacks.

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Drivers who use the Route 827 bridge to cross the Piney River at the Amherst-Nelson county line will need to plan for delays beginning Tuesday.

Piedmont Virginia Community College will host a forum Tuesday aimed at better serving Nelson County.

The Nelson County Museum of History will hold its grand opening Sunday.

LOVINGSTON — A former Albemarle County public schools employee who police said sent sexually charged text messages to a 17-year-old girl will spend three months in jail after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

“When the chestnut trees in this area started dying out it came as a real shock to people, especially those living in the mountains,” said Wayne Bowman, research forester with the Virginia Department of Forestry.

A Lovingston man was arrested this week on the banks of the Rockfish River, where police say he was paddling his kayak to tend to a marijuana garden.

They spent about $5,000 and countless hours trying to find out what was wrong at the state’s Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, but Lee and Paulette Albright never stepped foot into the courtroom to hear what happened next.

“When I got up there, the heat was so intense I could feel it through the windows and the air conditioning,” Nelson County Emergency Services Coordinator Ray Uttaro said.

An Appomattox woman was in “fair” condition at the University of Virginia Health System late Monday following a one-vehicle accident at about 9 a.m. in Nelson County. Two children in the vehicle were uninjured.

Robert Slimak, a 26-year-old University of Richmond law student who was camping and hiking with old friends and fraternity brothers from Virginia Commonwealth University, fell to his death on the falls Saturday afternoon.