By Courtney Cutright courtney.cutright@roanoke.com 981-3345 BEDFORD -- After four public hearings in Bedford and Bedford County, the Bedford County Board of Supervisors decided to approve a rezoning request for a condominium development on Oakwood Street adjacent to Bedford Memorial Hospital.

By Justin Faulconer, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Dec. 12--Here's another consequence of growth in Forest: more trash. Bedford County officials plan to soon start expanding the county's largest solid waste convenience center off U.S.

By Justin Faulconer, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Oct. 11--A waste collection site at Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Bedford County is set to close by the end of this month. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation informed county officials by letter that Oct.

By Courtney Cutright courtney.cutright@roanoke.com 981-3345 Rush hour traffic, new commercial and residential development and the high school undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation all signal a surge of growth in the Forest area of Bedford County.

By Hillary Chabot, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Jul. 9--BOSTON -- On a rainy day, the hallways of Shawsheen Valley Technical High School could be lined with as many as 28 buckets to catch the dripping runoff. The gymnasium floor at the Billerica school is buckled from water damage.