Bedford County officials gave an update and said that land clearing work is almost completed in the New London Business and Technology Center.

Broadband has been one of the biggest promises for rural Virginia, but in Bedford County that promise is now facing delays. County officials say their $20 million expansion project with RiverStreet Networks is behind schedule, leaving thousands of residents waiting longer for high-speed internet.

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II.

Nine additional former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have formally accused overseers of the prestigious service academy of failing to prevent and properly address sexual violence on campus, while also covering it up.

The grueling basic training for fledgling cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, known as swab summer, is being revamped this year in light of a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the prestigious Connecticut service academy.

U.S. Coast Guard officials are promising reforms after an internal review found a “permissive environment” for sexual assault and harassment in the service.

Attorneys for a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was expelled for becoming a father say he will get his degree as part of a legal settlement.

The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

Vice President Kamala Harris told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduating cadets that they are starting their service at a crucial moment for the world.

Some people are greeted by the family dog.

President Joe Biden has delivered his first commencement address as commander-in-chief, praising new graduates at the Coast Guard Academy for excelling during the pandemic.

The National Health Commission numbers released Tuesday reported a total of 30 new virus cases in the previous 24 hours nationwide. ___AUSTIN, Texas -- An ongoing wave of COVID-19 cases in the El Paso area prompted Gov. Since Friday, the state added 2,055 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases, an increase of 3.1%, to bring the total for the pandemic to 67,862. Conley says in a fresh update released Monday that Trump tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days using a newer 15-minute test. The project will produce 50 million swabs per month and is funded by a $51.2 million coronavirus relief grant announced by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in August.

In this Monday Sept. 14, 2020 photo, From back left, Coast Guard Academy Cadets Henry Smith, Branyelle Carillo, Mia Haskovec, Jordan Park, and Tyler Huynh, pose for a photograph at the Seamanship Sailing Center at the United State Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. A group of Coast Guard cadets spent part of their summer filling in on a critical national security mission after a case of COVID-19 sidelined crew members on a cutter being sent to patrol the US-Russia border. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

She and 10 other second-year students, known as 3rd Class cadets, were sent to join five seniors, or 1st Class cadets, who had earlier been assigned to the cutter. The Munro had been embarking from California in late June for the patrol when one of its crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. He came up with the idea of replacing them with cadets, having heard that much of the fleet was canceling internships and summer shadowing opportunities. The tender ages of the cadets, ranging from 19 to 22, turned out to be an advantage in one critical situation, Novak said. We were nervous.”The cadets said the experience on the Munro, made possible only because of the pandemic, was life changing.

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Changes could be coming to Bedford County's airports. County leaders are currently looking to rezone the New London and Smith Mountain Lake airports into airport districts. It's an issue county leaders say they needed to fix after Liberty University requested to rezone its New London Airport. County leaders say Liberty put their rezoning application on hold to speak with nearby residents. Lisa Hawkins, a neighbor against the rezoning, tells 10 News she has concerns about the county rezoning the airports and believes county leaders aren't giving the process its due diligence.