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Today's News

  • Galax arrests include forgery, drug charges

    Staff Reports

    The Galax Police Department’s recent arrests included drug possession, forgery and a sexual offense that occurred at Walmart.

    David L. Glass, 19, of Galax, was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamines on Aug 7. Glass was charged by Officer John Reavis after a traffic stop, according to a police report.

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  • Area needs nurses to handle abuse cases

    A local group is seeking options for a forensic nurse examiners’ program to serve victims of sexual assault and child abuse in and around the Twin Counties.

    Now, victims must be transported outside the area to be examined, an added trauma on top of the one they’ve just experienced.

    It’s a long car ride — up to an hour — to a facility with nurses trained to collect evidence and perform a proper exam, which can be vitally important to prosecuting an offender.

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  • She's six

    Cassidy “Cassie” Lynne Marshall turned 6 on July 23. Her birthday was celebrated with a Peppa Pig party. She is the daughter of Chrissy Marshall and the late Joseph Marshall.

    Her big sister is Izzie Marshall and her little brother is Briley Marshall. Her grandparents are Randy Bell and the late Kim Bell, and Dennis and Opie Marshall. Her great-grandparents are M.C. Bell and the late Irene Bell, the late Verna Liddle, O’Neal and O’Needa Terry, and the late Virgil and Patty Marshall.

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  • Public record for 8/23/17 edition

    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 additional information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

    Marriages

    These marriages were recorded in March in the office of Gerald Goad, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:
    Jerry Lee Galyean, 46, of Mount Airy, N.C., and Amanda Lee Allen, 37, of Ararat.

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  • Readers Hotline 8/21/17

    Warning signs

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  • Crossroads to host eclipse viewing party

    Staff Report

    Things will be looking up at Wytheville Community College on Monday.

    Actually, people will be looking up — at the solar eclipse that will be visible from the Twin Counties that afternoon.

    WCC will hold solar eclipse viewing parties at all three campuses (Wytheville, Marion and The Crossroads Institute in Galax) from 2-3 p.m.

    There will be eclipse ice cream and projection viewers at each location.

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  • Hate, not heritage, in the streets of Charlottesville

    Kerry Dougherty is a columnist for The Virginian-Pilot.

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    One dead. Dozens injured.

    It’s time to stop calling what transpired in the streets of Charlottesville on August 12 a white supremacist “rally” and say what it really was:

    A riot.

    A brutal clash between protesters and counter-protesters swinging clubs and baseball bats, throwing bottles and spewing expletives.

    And finally, a car plowing into a crowd of pedestrians that left one person dead and 19 injured.

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  • Free clinic to hold 25th anniversary open house

    The Free Clinic of the Twin Counties is hosting a 25th Anniversary Open House this Saturday from 5-7 p.m., according to Director Melissa Dill.

    The event will involve raffles, refreshments and live music, and will hopefully serve as a fundraiser to garner donations for the clinic, as well, said Dill.

    The Free Clinic of the Twin Counties was founded 25 years ago by Dr. Ohlen Wilson and Dr. Robert Pryor, along with members of the First Baptist Church of Galax, to give those who could not otherwise afford medical care a chance at professional treatment and service.

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  • Eclipse Viewers Guide

    If you were a Viking viewing a solar eclipse in olden days, you might think the great wolf Fenrir was swallowing the sun, signaling the beginning of Ragnarok, the end of the world.

    Centuries later, if you were of a Puritan sect, you might have confessed your sins and begged forgiveness as the world plunged into darkness.

    Eclipses not only blot out the sun, but sometimes overshadow our common sense — but it’s not a superstition we left behind in the Dark Ages.

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  • EBT system down in Virginia

    From the Virginia Department of Social Services:

    The contractor that maintains EBT services for Virginia’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is experiencing multi-state service problems resulting in an EBT system outage as of Thursday morning.

    At this time, it is unknown when the system will be restored. Clients are encouraged to call (866) 281-2448 to check on the status of the system restoration.

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