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Accident at MM 167

2/2/2012
Public Service Announcement - At approximately 2:00 AM, a tractor trailer hauling caustic materials crashed in the northbound lane (more...)

!! Lumos Networks landline phone outage !!

2/2/2012
Public Service Announcement - -- 11:00 --A network outage is currently impacting many Lumos landline customers in Botetourt County (more...)

Botetourt Agrees to Sell Communications Tower

1/25/2012
News Release - Fincastle, VA – At its January meeting, the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors accepted a proposal from SBA Communications Corporation to buy the County’s Crawford Mountain communications tower for $1,740,000 (more...)

Winter Safety Tips

1/6/2012
Public Service Announcement -  (more...)

Botetourt's Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department Releases Annual Report

1/6/2012
News Release - Fincastle, VA –Demand for recreation services and facilities in Botetourt County remain steady as the department continued to diversify its offerings and replaced several key staff members including the department’s Assistant Director and Tourism Coordinator over the last twelve-month period (more...)

Peters Earns Mastery-Level Certification for Park and Recreation Professionals

12/20/2011
News Release - Fincastle, VA – Richard “Pete” Peters, Director of Botetourt County’s Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department, recently earned the Certified Park and Recreation Executive ( (more...)

Prepare Your Phones for Emergencies

12/14/2011
Public Service Announcement - Richmond, VA – Destructive tornadoes, a 5 (more...)

Botetourt's Sheriff's Office Earns Accreditation for Third Time

11/22/2011
News Release - Fincastle, VA – It was announced at the November 17th meeting of the  (more...)

Botetourt County Library Survey 2011

11/8/2011
Public Service Announcement - Botetourt County Library is conducting a one-page survey of library patrons to find out which materials and services are most important to its users (more...)

NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DECLARES BOTETOURT COUNTY STORMREADY

10/26/2011
News Release -  (more...)

New Tourism Coordinator Comes to Botetourt

10/25/2011
News Release - Fincastle, VA – Lisa Moorman has been hired to fill the Tourism Coordinator position vacated in July (more...)

Virginia Recreation and Park Society Honors Botetourt's Upper James River Water Trail

9/26/2011
News Release - Fincastle – The Botetourt County Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department’s Upper James River Water Trail received top honors from the Virginia Recreation and Parks Society winning in 2 different categories: “Best Promotional Effort- Basic for 2010”, for the Upper James River Water Trail Brochure (more...)

Austrian company establishes U.S. subsidiary in Botetourt County, creating 25 high-paying jobs

9/15/2011
News Release - FCTech, Inc (more...)

Botetourt County Urges Wildfire Prevention

9/1/2011
Public Service Announcement - Fincastle, VA – Botetourt County Emergency Services warns area residents of an increased risk of grass, brush and forest fires due to low humidity, high temperatures and increasingly dry conditions (more...)

Curbside Recycling Pilot Study to Begin in October

8/31/2011
Public Service Announcement - Fincastle, VA – On October 3rd, Community Sanitation Service and Kelley’s Garbage Service, in coordination with Botetourt County, will begin a 6-month pilot program to determine the benefits and costs of providing curbside recycling service in Botetourt County (more...)

TREAD Corp. to expand in Botetourt County, creating 100 new jobs and $5 million investment

8/12/2011
News Release -  (more...)

Botetourt Administrator Announces Departure

6/29/2011
News Release - Fincastle, VA – At the conclusion of the June Board of Supervisors meeting, County Administrator Jerry Burgess announced his intention to resign in January (more...)

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Several Civil War Trails markers are found in and around the Town of Buchanan that tell the story of Hunter's Raid. One tells how Confederate Gen. McCausland fired on the covered bridge, in the face of Hunter's advancing army. After setting the fire, McCausland swam across the James to safety as Union soldiers fired at him.