Public Safety

Officers with the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department made several arrests involving drugs, firearms and traffic violations recently, according to Sheriff Richard Vaughan.
On Jan. 30, Deputy Travis Jefferson conducted a traffic stop on the Grayson County side of the City of Galax. A search of the vehicle revealed methamphetamine.
Amber Sexton, 24, of 966 Coleman Lane in Galax, was charged with possession of meth. A passenger in the car was charged with underage possession of alcohol.

The Twin County E-911 Regional Commission on Tuesday announced the appointment of Jolena Young as the new E-911 Regional Coordinator.
Young will succeed Eddie Hines, who is retiring April 30. Hines has been with the commission since 2002.
The new coordinator will begin working part-time in March and move into the position full-time in April.
Young is a native and resident of Carroll County and has worked for Nortel, Quintiles Inc., Glaxco Wellcome Inc, and Price Waterhouse LLP. She has held various positions in audit, finance and information systems.

RICHMOND — Guns in the state Capitol? No problem.
Guns in public libraries? Bring 'em on.
But there's one line that Virginia's famously gun-friendly legislature apparently is not ready to cross. For now, at least, it will remain impossible to get a concealed-weapon permit to carry a machine gun.
That's what Del. Jackson Miller's bill, HB2386, would have allowed. It failed to advance out of a House of Delegates subcommittee last week and so is likely dead for this legislative session.