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HILLSVILLE — An incident involving a sewer line break on Frog Spur Road in Fancy Gap last month resulted in allegations of harassment by property owner Stephen Gregson, against Carroll County Administrator Gary Larrowe.

Larrowe has denied the claims, stating that he was upholding his responsibilities to protect the county and that he took what he considered appropriate actions when he feared that someone had maliciously tampered with the line.

Twin County Regional Healthcare has big plans for the year’s final quarter: new physicians, state-of-the-art medical equipment, paper-to-electronic filing system upgrades, and a master plan to renovate the facility’s interior design.

In December, the hospital will have an open house to introduce the facility’s new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, which is expected at the hospital in November.

“There were people in their homes who were terrified that this was the end of the world. I mean, this was it for us, you know? It was a scary time.”

Stephanie Rinehart recalls her life on Sept. 11, 2001, when she was a Washington, D.C., resident.

“Greg was actually at work near the Pentagon. It’s always been a kind of very emotional thing for us,” she said, referring to her husband. “I remember I was at home the morning it happened, and living that close to D.C., we thought we were under attack.”

HILLSVILLE — Hillsville and Galax firefighters teamed up against a structure fire on Weddle Street in Hillsville on Wednesday afternoon.

Fire and rescue teams were dispatched to 294 Weddle Street around 1 p.m. for a possible structure fire. On arrival, teams found heavy smoke and flames showing.

Carroll County EMS was the first group to arrive on scene, according to Hillsville Fire Department Chief Donnie Spangler. A primary search of the residence found no signs of anyone inside the home.