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HILLSVILLE ― Hillsville Rescue Squad, which has been dying a slow death for years, will linger no more after disbursing its funds on March 20.

Many witnesses gathered in the offices of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce to witness the agency's last act.

As a kind of last will and testament, long-time members of the defunct rescue squad handed out $3,000 checks to benefit non-profit groups based in the Twin Counties.

HILLSVILLE  — Town code needed some wholesale updates, many due to changes to Virginia state law, Hillsville Town Manager Travis Jackson noticed early on after taking office Feb. 1.
As Jackson consulted town ordinances as various issues have been raised, he found that several sections had not kept up with changes to state law.
It’s not unusual for state code to be modified, and it’s the town officials’ responsibility to update Hillsville’s ordinances in order to stay in step with those.

INDEPENDENCE — Those looking to break into prison are few, but the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) is offering just such an opportunity as it gears up to open the long-awaited state prison in Grayson County.
River North Correctional Center is scheduled to open by October, after the Virginia General Assembly last month included nearly $18 million in the state budget to fund it. The medium-security facility was completed in 2010, but has sat dormant since then because there has been no money to operate it until now.