AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - UPDATE: Cruz Montgomery Wright is in custody, according to Amherst County Fire/EMS. ORIGINAL STORY: An inmate who escaped while being escorted to the Amherst Blue Ridge ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office have reported that they responded to a domestic violence call on July 13 at a residence on Cedar Gate Road in the Monroe area of Amherst ...

Amherst County’s Emergency Communications Center was notified about a residential structure fire that reported somebody possibly being trapped in the residence. At 10:30 ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- An Amherst County man was arrested on multiple charges in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident involving a firearm. According to the Amherst County Sheriff ...

Amazon.com Services has selected Amherst County for the site of a $16 million-plus, 78,000-square-foot distribution center, which county officials say will bring dozens of local jobs to the region.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Amherst County Board of Supervisors has denied a proposal for a large solar farm located a couple of miles outside of town. The decision, made last week, resulted in a 4 to ...

An injured hiker was rescued by a helicopter crew from a remote location along the Appalachian Trail in Amherst County on Sunday. Med Flight-1 was called to assist rescuers near Pedlar and arrived at ...

A new kind of outdoor getaway could soon be coming to Amherst County — and not everyone is on the same page about it.