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  • Company still looking at Wildwood

    By SHAINA STOCKTON, Staff
    Last year, the Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority (BRCEDA) requested help from the Virginia Tobacco Commission to attract a potential business to Wildwood Commerce Park.
    The tobacco commission had offered BRCEDA a $6 million grant to help with the development of Wildwood, contingent upon the unnamed prospect agreeing to locate in the commerce park, located at the Exit 19 intersection of Interstate 77 and Virginia 620 in Carroll County.

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  • VDOT paves way for road work

    HILLSVILLE — The new state transportation funding model has paved the way for two Carroll roads to be added to the secondary six year plan to receive improvements, the county supervisors learned at their Monday meeting.
    The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Dan Huff shared the news that changes made to construction funding during this year’s legislative session generated just $15,000 to improve unpaved roads in 2013, but that amount will continue increasing over time.

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  • Public record for 5/22/13

    Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record. The listings are complete.
    The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.  
    For information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

    Land Transfers

    These land transfers were recorded Dec. 21, 2012-Jan. 9, 2013, in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:

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  • Readers' Hotline 5/22/13

    Duplicating services
    I would like to know if Carroll County is in such a shortfall on the school board budget, why they are paying for two separate buses for sports to go to one location. Why are they even paying for cheerleaders to have a bus and driver to begin with? Why are we outsourcing mowing when we have janitors and the maintenance crew? Why are we sending school buses [out of town] and cars to local garages when we have approximately two to three mechanics in the bus garage?

    Finding blame

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  • Alleged pot grower is Carroll's most wanted

     

    HILLSVILLE — Carroll authorities have named a suspect in a marijuana growing operation as their latest "most wanted," after finding pot, cash and guns during a May 13 search.

    The Carroll County Sheriff's Office put out an alert Monday to seek information from the public that would lead to Thomas James Read, 50, being located.

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  • Readers' Hotline 5/20/13

    Incredibly silly
    This is in response to the lady that wanted the Town of Hillsville to put an ordinance against jake brakes for truck drivers. We really don’t have many truck drivers in town unless there is a tragedy on Interstate 77. You know there are so many things in this world that we could all be worried about and that just seems incredibly silly to me. I wish all drivers — independent, company drivers — would stop just for one week. They would be begging to hear a truck driver’s jake brake. Thank you for the Hotline.

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  • DISTRICT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES

    MED BASEBALL

    Monday

    Quarterfinals at higher seed

    No. 5 Bland County at No. 4 Fort Chiswell, 5 p.m.

    No. 6 Graham at No. 3 Narrows, 5 p.m.

    Wednesday

    Semifinals at Felts Park

    No. 1 Grayson County vs. 5/4 winner, 3 p.m.

    No. 2 Galax vs. 6/3 winner, 5:30 p.m.

    Thursday

    Championship at Felts Park

    Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.

     

    MED SOFTBALL

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  • Galax finishes strong, slugs four HRs in win over Wave

    NARROWS –– Galax won its third straight outing, unloading for four home runs and 14 base hits in a 14-5 Mountain Empire District softball win Thursday over Narrows.

    Taylor Ashworth started the power surge for the Maroon Tide (7-11) with a two-run shot in the top of the first. Taylor Cummings and Holly Cassell each smacked a solo homer in the top of the third, and Cassell added a grand slam in the fourth inning as Galax took a 9-1 lead.

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  • Falcons quiet Cavs for title

    HILLSVILLE –– Three weeks ago, scoring a pair of runs was enough for Carroll County to hand Abingdon its only Southwest District baseball loss of the season. In the rematch, two wouldn’t do.

    Cody Hahn slammed the door shut on the Cavaliers with the Falcon’s holding a 3-2 lead, and Abingdon pulled away to a 5-2 win, clinching the SWD season title Friday at Bill Worrell Field.

    Carroll County could have forced a playoff for the season championship with a win, but will have to settle for the No. 2 spot in this week’s SWD tournament.

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  • Buckle up before you start car

    Taking two seconds to strap on a seat belt indisputably saves lives.
    Yet researchers from a Virginia university found that more than a fifth of drivers still refuse to make that life-saving click.
    Fortunately, the research can help guide law enforcement and education efforts to persuade more people to buckle up.
    Researchers at Old Dominion University used a low-tech method to capture data. They stood at the side of roads throughout the state, clad in orange vests, clipboards in hand to eyeball passing drivers, making note of who was wearing a seat belt.

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