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  • Town listens to concerns about noisy truck brakes

    HILLSVILLE — A Hillsville citizen is asking the town council to put a stop to the use of compression release engine brakes.
    Patti Ashley approached Hillsville Town Council members during their April 22 meeting to make the request.
    “The use of these are not only very loud, but also are detrimental to the roads, structures and sidewalks,” said Ashley, who owns the Time Factory of Hillsville with her husband. “There are many communities in the United States that prohibit the use of compression braking within municipal limits.”

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  • Natural gas safety precautions in place

    HILLSVILLE — While still trying to hook up natural gas to its first customer, Carroll County held a meeting April 25 to impress on citizens the safety measures needed in case something goes wrong with the service in the future.
    Dennis Cole, who managed the gas line project for Carroll County, stressed that if anyone hears a roar of gas escaping the line or smells the odorizer that goes in with the gas to get out of the area and to call emergency officials.

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  • Reward offered in missing person case

    The family of Desia Rae George is offering a $5,000 reward for solid information leading to George being found.

    If a person comes forward with that information, they will get the reward, no questions asked.

    Anyone with information that may help in this case is asked to contact the Carroll Sheriff¹s Department at (276) 728-4146.

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  • UPDATED: Boyfriend of missing woman a suspect in N.C. bank robbery

    HILLSVILLE — A suspect in a Monday bank robbery in North Carolina was named as a “person of interest” in a Carroll County police investigation into the April 15 disappearance of Desia Rae George of Fries.
    “We do have a person of interest in the missing person [case] of Desia Rae, one of the last people she had contact with,” Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Donnie Spangler said at a press conference Tuesday morning. “Matthew Steven Jones, age 34. Right now, we’re looking for him.”

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  • TCRH reviews community survey

    By SHAINA STOCKTON, Staff
    As it enters its 40th year, Twin County Regional Hospital still has a few things to learn, and has turned to the community to advise it about where it stands in terms of services, facilities and care.
    At a joint meeting of TCRH community advisory groups on April 18, Hospital CEO Jon Applebaum presented an overview of the results of the 2012 Community Perception Survey. Conducted last November.

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  • Should landfill money fund unrelated projects?

    HILLSVILLE — Only one member of the regional Solid Waste Authority board voted against including funds for economic development measures in the landfill’s 2014 budget.
    Josh Hendrick, Carroll supervisor and representative on the authority, questioned the practice of the SWA financially supporting efforts of the Wired Road, the regional broadband project.
    The issue came up Friday during the authority’s regular meeting. This is the second time in two months that discussion of the Wired Road funding came up.

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  • Grayson facing $1.4M shortfall

    INDEPENDENCE – Grayson County begins its months-long process of balancing its budget with an initial shortfall of $1.4 million.
    County Administrator Jonathan Sweet presented the supervisors with the first budget snapshot during a work session on April 24.
    Sweet said projected revenues for fiscal year 2014 are $16.86 million, a .03 percent increase ($53,277) over last year’s adjusted revenues.

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  • Investors want to reopen Grayson Water plant

    INDEPENDENCE – A company wants to get the old Grayson Mountain Water plant in Grayson County up and running again, and has asked the county to rezone an adjacent property for a private campground for the investors.
    Grayson County supervisors approved three zoning changes earlier this month that could lead to further economic development. Each zoning change required a public hearing,

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  • AAA finds motorists' breaking point on gas prices

    Half of U.S. adults consider gas prices to be “too high” when it reaches $3.44 per gallon, indicating a potential breaking point on gas prices, according to a new consumer price index developed by AAA.
    Roughly two-thirds of Americans (62 percent) offset high gas prices by changing their driving habits or lifestyle.
    “It was not long ago that motorists were shocked to pay more than $3 per gallon for gasoline, but now that is standard at stations nationwide,” said Martha Mitchell Meade of the American Automobile Association Mid-Atlantic.

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  • Carroll holds hearing on tax rates

    By SHAINA STOCKTON, Staff
    HILLSVILLE  — Carroll’s proposed FY 2013-14 budget includes an increase to 68 cents per $100 valuation for the real estate tax rate, to make it “revenue neutral” after the county experienced the first drop in property values in three decades, according to a budget presentation at a meeting held earlier this month.
    Because of this drop in values, the county won’t take in any more revenue from the reassessment, in spite of the higher rate.

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