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Too many trips
As a taxpayer of Grayson County I watched bus 65 make four trips to Troutdale every day. Two trips with kids and two trips empty. How can transportation coordinators not see that they are wasting a week’s worth of fuel? Bus 65 used to sit at Young’s Store. My question is, why can’t it sit at the new school right across the road? We could run that bus two years on the fuel he is burning in one year? He needs to furnish his own way to Troutdale to pick up his bus, not on taxpayer money.

Officers were dispatched to Glendale Apartments on Sunday to check on the welfare and conduct of one of the tenants, according to a Galax Police Department report.
Officer Chris Hines searched the apartment, with the assistance of Officer Jacob Vaughan and police canine Dunja. As a result of the search, charges were placed against two Galax women.
Emily Long, 19, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of controlled drug paraphernalia. Patricia Long, 40, was charged with possession of methamphetamine.

RICHMOND — Senate Bill 323, which repeals Virginia's "one-gun-a-month" law and was sponsored by Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Fries), passed the State Senate by a bipartisan vote of 21-19.

"I am thrilled by today's vote," said Sen. Carrico. "Today, the Senate took a stand for the 2nd Amendment by eliminating an unnecessary and outdated law."

The Twin Counties Humane Society will host three informational meetings about the upcoming Galax Pet Adoption Weekend (PAW) event.

The meetings, from 6-8 p.m., will be held at:

• Carroll County Public Library, Feb. 7

• Grayson County Public Library, Feb. 8

• Galax Recreation Center, third floor meeting room, Feb. 9