
VDOT sets public hearing for Route 606 at I-81 Exit 205 improvements
VDOT will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to the interchange of Route 606 (Raphine Road) and Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County.

VDOT will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to the interchange of Route 606 (Raphine Road) and Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County.

Snow continues through many areas in the Commonwealth of Virginia today. In the Shenandoah Valley no snow has fallen in the Winchester and Frederick County area and in the Lexington Rockbridge County area heavy snow has fallen for most of the day.

VDOT will hold a Citizen Information Meeting about potential alternative alignments for Route 11 (Lee Highway) in the area of Natural Bridge State Park in Rockbridge County.

U.S. meat may be moving to other countries, but trade has slowed. That’s the assessment of Margaret Ann Smith, a Rockbridge County cattle farmer and chairman of the livestock marketing council for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, regarding tariffs recently imposed by China.

The Rockbridge County and Lexington City Democratic Committees have collaborated to host a Sixth District Democratic Primary Candidate Forum on Tuesday evening, May 22nd on the Mezzanine Level of the Virginia Horse Center.

Jennifer Leech, a Rockbridge County dairy farmer, said she and her family recently were calculating how much milk it would take to make cheese for every pizza in Lexington.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is conducting an alignment study for Route 11 (Lee Highway) in the Natural Bridge area of Rockbridge County.

In summer 2017 a geological analysis of the formation known as Natural Bridge began as part of VDOT’s work with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation at Natural Bridge State Park in Rockbridge County.

VDOT has closed Route 39 (Maury River Road) in the Goshen Pass area of Rockbridge County due to a forest fire.

Governor Terry McAuliffe officially opened Natural Bridge State Park in Rockbridge County on Saturday.
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