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Carroll County Month end deeds of partition and conveyance
This is a listing of recent Carroll County Circuit Court’s County Month End Deeds of Partition and Conveyance. The following listings were recorded on July 22 to July 29, 2024 and list record grantor, grantee, consideration (if any) and type, as space allows in this edition of The Carroll News. July 23: Oates, Aaron L to Equity Trust Company FBO, $9,000, Deed of Bargain and Sale. ...
Carroll News honors Jennings and Culbreth
Tia Jennings and Ashlynn Culbreth, both of Hillsville, have been honored by The Carroll News as this year’s special award winners for leaders in the equine community. Ashlynn, Virginia High School barrels state champion and Miss Virginia High School Rodeo, is the 2024 Carroll News Cowgirl of the Year, while Tia, coordinator of the Carroll County Fair Horse Show and volunteer worker and mentor at other events, is the 2024 Carroll News Horsewoman of the Year. ...
School Board recognizes national, international achievements
The Carroll County Public School Board of Education at its August 13 regular meeting recognized student achievement in a variety of national and international level events. Chairman Brian Spencer said his considered the best part of any school board meeting “being what’s going to happen next.” “We get to honor and recognize the students of our school system that went out....achieved...and showed people exactly what Carroll County is to people in the State of Virginia by their efforts and their work. It’s when we get...
County's broadband request comes in 'too high'
Carroll County will most likely have to wait another year for broadband funding after the county’s most recent application was turned down for “being too high of an ask.” The topic came up during the August 5 meeting of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors when Fancy Gap District Supervisor Ronnie Collins asked about the application for a Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) grant. Collins asked to hear about the grant, noting he had received “lots of calls and concerns from citizens because we didn’t get...
Litter Task Force updates activities
Count the Carroll County Litter Task Force as one party in favor of Waste Tech’s recent proposal to Carroll County. During the Carroll County Board of Supervisors’ regular July meeting, representatives from Waste Tech spoke to the county about a possible partnership with the waste-to-energy company could provide up to 80 to 120 jobs for Carroll County and potentially increase the lifespan of the Carroll-Grayson-Galax Regional Landfill by up to 100 years. ...
Town Council approves planning commission rezoning requests
Hillsville Town Council approved two rezoning requests during its August 12 regular meeting. Councilmen also took action on two reappointments to the town building code of appeals board and discussed a measure to better insure new street lighting adjustments. Following a joint public hearing with the town planning commission, Council approved a request to rezone areas on Gardner’s Mill Road from industrial to agricultural/residential. Dennis Ward and Yancey Powers were both reappointed to the building code appeals board with their terms scheduled to expire September...
State opens purse for area arts groups
The Surry Arts Council was on the receiving end of some good news this week when the North Carolina Arts Council announced recipients of $11.5 million in grant funding. The Surry Arts Council were among 366 recipients of grant funding, receiving two grants from the state organization totaling more than $59,000. For the Grassroots Arts Program, the local council was granted $51,123, while the Traditional Arts Programs for Students (TAPS) received $8,000. ...
New statewide emergency system will help reduce 911 outages across our hometowns
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - From Galax and Wytheville to Roanoke, many of our hometowns have seen 9-1-1 outages this year. The Roanoke County 9-1-1 center had an outage caused by electrical work. In Wythe County, a lightning strike was to blame for an overnight outage. While these issues were...
'Project Vista' company to stay local
A long, arguably agonizing, wait is over — a Mount Airy company that had considered moving out of Surry County, and taking along its 60-plus jobs, will remain here. “Project Vista has chosen to locate in Surry County at the Westwood Industrial Park,” local economic-development official Ron Sutphin announced Thursday afternoon, referring to the code name given the company during a negotiation stage. This outcome transpired after “a very competitive...
Drafting downtown Dobson's destiny: residents share their vision
The Town of Dobson held a planning session Tuesday night and invited members of the community to join in the early formation of a five-year economic plan for Dobson. Lizzie Morrison, community economic development planner with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, lead the session hosted at the Surry County Service Center in Dobson. She has been in that role for a little over a year and said it felt...
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