The Southerlands assisted living community at 600 Mount View St. has been acquired by Commonwealth Assisted Living of Charlottesville.

Last Sunday's leave-taking service signalled the last time a formal service of the Happy Creek United Methodist congregation will be held at that location.

A fire that began a week ago in the Neighbor Mountain area of the Shenandoah National Park was still burning on Monday.

A fire that raged since early last week in the George Washington National forest was 80 percent contained as of late Wednesday night.

A long-time critic of the regional jail, on which construction began in Warren County last month, filed a lawsuit on Monday in an effort to stop the project.