Sobrius currently operates a treatment center and a group recovery home in the Lynchburg region, where it’s been met with concerns from neighbors.
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Lynchburg residents can weigh in on city’s walking, biking, public transport needs at Wednesday meeting
City officials are drafting a multimodal plan that will make it easier to access food, recreation opportunities, health care facilities and other community centers without a car. They’re relying on community input to draw the maps.
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Budget adjustments up for discussion on a busy Tuesday night in Lynchburg
The city’s Department of Social Services, sheriff’s office and commonwealth’s attorney’s office could see the addition of new full-time staff members if appropriations are approved.
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Lynchburg school board set to discuss future infrastructure improvements, strategic plan with city council
The meeting will be the first time new Superintendent Kristy Somerville-Midgette shares her vision with the city council.
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Back from summer break, Lynchburg City Council will again discuss budget, meeting rules
The Lynchburg City Council meets Tuesday for the first time after a seven-week hiatus.
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Lynchburg city staff, programs revisit unanswered budget questions with new fiscal year underway
The city’s 2026 fiscal year budget was passed the day before it went into effect. Now that the dust has settled, city staff want to address the confusion and misconceptions.
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Lynchburg intersection gets busier, more expensive to fix ahead of redesign
The intersection of U.S. 501 and U.S. 221 is set to be overhauled over the next five years. Here’s what we know about the project so far, by the numbers.
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Lynchburg electoral board to discuss budget, poll worker term length ahead of general election
The Lynchburg City Council adopted the 2026 fiscal year budget a day before it went into effect. Now programs like the electoral board are feeling the pressure of funding cuts.
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Lynchburg’s Blackwater Creek was blocked by a dam for almost 100 years. Now it’s flowing again.
The removal of the College Lake Dam and the restoration of the creek has taken years and sparked discussion in the city. Lynchburg isn’t alone in debating the role of manmade lakes in a changing climate.
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Agenda Lynchburg: Get Breezewood Drive construction updates, meet school superintendent on Thursday
The Lynchburg City Council will not meet again until August. In the meantime, information sessions on city changes fill the calendar.
