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Rural post offices spared

The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy that could keep the nation’s smallest post offices open for business, yet reduce the number of hours they are open.
The plan provides a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability.
Existing post offices would continue to operate, but some would have modified retail window hours to match customer use.

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Judge rules in favor of training center families

RICHMOND — Family members with loved ones at state training centers scheduled to close will be heard in federal court before Judge John Gibney Jr., after an order issued May 9.
Several family members, including Loretta Evans of Galax, filed a motion on behalf of their loved ones in the case being heard by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Home Delivery: Donated house arrives at destination

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Wind energy questions addressed

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Grayson registar charged with embezzlement

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Recovery Fest seeks to heal mind, body, spirit

A resource fair to be held Saturday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. in Felts Park not only provides recovery for those struggling with addiction, but also recovery for the whole community.
It brings community resources together to help those in need, said Mike Edwards, organizer of Recovery Fest.
Edwards operates SOBER House, a home for recovering addicts.
Edwards said Recovery Fest is an opportunity to build the community — mind, body and spirit.

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McGrady pushes for land-use taxation

HILLSVILLE — A town resident wants Hillsville to implement land-use valuation for agricultural lands, just like Carroll County did back in 2003.
Mary McGrady asked the Hillsville Town Council to implement land-use assessment at the April 23 meeting.
She pointed out that the General Assembly in the 1970s initiated legislation to allow localities to assess land under agriculture, horticulture, forest and open space at its use value, rather than its real estate market value.

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Men's club a perfect match for residents, caregivers

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Geisler served as delegate, attorney

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Bones remain a mystery

HILLSVILLE — Remains found on Timber Road in Cana April 1 are going to a forensic lab in Tidewater to extract DNA to try to identify the subject, Carroll Sheriff J.B. Gardner reports.
The medical examiners from the state lab in Roanoke believe that the bones and other materials recovered from searches at the scene belong to an individual with Hispanic or white male traits, Gardner told The Gazette.

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