A local charity is gaining national exposure as, for the second year in a row, Forbes Magazine ranked Concord-based Gleaning for the World as one of the most efficient charities nationwide.

The economic downturn has left a Lynchburg nonprofit scrambling to make up for a $15,000 shortfall in donations.

The Lynchburg chapter of Rolling Thunder, an organization that supports veterans, is giving the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford $1,000.

The U.S. Postal Service has reduced the hours of operation at six post offices in the Lynchburg area, a response to the economic downturn as well to the growing number of people who use online bill payments and other com-puter transactions.

The revitalization of downtown Lynchburg caught the attention of Southern Living, and is featured in a regional section of the magazine’s December issue.

A different kind of discussion characterized the Ward Talk forum on Thursday night.

The Daniel’s Hill community was asked to weigh in on the design of the new D Street bridge during a neighborhood meeting Thursday.

Two local programs that help crime victims and witnesses were recognized at a conference in Williamsburg on Thursday.

Preserving a sliver of land along every major waterway in the city is one recommendation a group of University of Virginia students taking stock of Lynchburg’s environmental as-sets may include in their final proposal.

Long promoted as an aid to memory, ginkgo biloba may not prevent or delay the progression of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study released Wednesday.

At the halfway point of its yearly fundraising campaign, the United Way has raised half its goal of $4 million.

There is an engine inside Dr. Peter Houck that isn’t readily apparent from the outside.

The statewide chamber of commerce plans to take a stand with English Construction in the company’s lawsuit against the city of Lynchburg.

Lynchburg Police are searching for an armed man after four Lynchburg teenagers reported they had been robbed by a man with a revolver Tuesday night.

Lt. A. G. Martin said the teenagers, whose names were not released, were outside on Euclid Avenue in the area of Wadsworth Street when the incident happened at about 6:30.

In the face of a widening achievement gap and a possible budget shortfall, the Lynchburg School Board discussed Tuesday a pilot program that would extend the school day at three elementary schools and cost an estimated additional $300,000 annually.

“The idea would be we would add the time to a school’s day and we would add the time for remediation and reinforcement,” said Superintendent Paul McKendrick.