Good morning, Lynchburg.

Daily Bread will expand its historic downtown building to add a mezzanine (moving offices and break areas upstairs and improving kitchen flow) and better serve growing meal operations; construction will take 6 to 8 months while donations for the $175,000 project are accepted through Oct. 31.

Residents at Park Place Apartments in Lynchburg have running water after a 72-hour outage caused by a water line break, with repair crews finishing work Thursday night despite a brief second shutdown after an earlier restoration.

Lynchburg Water Resources is installing concrete lining in the Blackwater CSO Tunnel, the city’s largest capital improvement project to reduce sewage overflows during heavy rains.

Crews are working in 75-foot sections (between 70 and 120 feet underground) with completion expected next summer.

Appalachian Power is asking Lynchburg residents to share feedback on a proposed 30-mile transmission line rebuild from Opossum Creek to Smith Mountain Lake.

A public meeting is scheduled for Sept. 17 at Yellow Branch Elementary School in Rustburg (5:30-7:30 p.m.), with construction set for spring 2028.

Doctors analyzed common themes in suicide deaths to inform prevention measures; the study, released on Sep.

17, identifies risk factors (such as isolation and mental health issues) that local health officials may use to improve targeted support programs.

Virginia was impacted by a severe nursing shortage that strained Lynchburg hospitals as patient care demands rose.

Health officials (in a joint statement) announced plans to boost staffing and support while facilities struggled with coverage.