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INDEPENDENCE — A few new initiatives have sparked in the Grayson County Career and Technical Education (CATE) Center’s building trades program, and with them ride the hopes of seeing an uptick in the program’s interest in upcoming years.

In response to lower enrollment numbers in the building trades program last year, two new efforts were recently put into place. Overall, the class underwent a major transition last semester as staff considered the option of putting together larger commissionable building projects for Grayson County citizens.

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Scammers are taking advantage of tax season to fool people into downloading malware, according to the Better Business Bureau.

“You receive an email from someone you don’t know personally, but it looks like an official company message,” the BBB said in a recent news release. The email may have a subject line similar to this: “Document Received (Scanned_1040_W2.pdf).”

HILLSVILLE – The Carroll County Board of Supervisors will advertise a list of delinquent taxpayers and utilize DMV stops to collect an estimated $5 million in unpaid taxes and fees.

The board continued its ongoing discussion of methods to generate revenue at a budget workshop meeting on Monday evening. Collecting delinquent taxes would help Carroll cover rising costs that were brought up in a budget report at the Feb. 12 meeting.

RICHMOND – State leaders have reached a bipartisan compromise to raise the felony larceny threshold and pass legislation to ensure that crime victims are paid restitution.

The General Assembly will pass and the governor will support and sign a package of bills, which includes legislation introduced by Del. Les Adams (R-Pittsylvania) and Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) to raise the felony larceny threshold from $200 to $500. Suetterlein’s district includes part of Carroll County.