Today's News

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Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded Nov. 27-Dec. 15 in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

Country Classics Hair Design will evolve its business instead of suffering from a lack of demand for tanning in the poor economy.

The owners' decision to adapt shows that at least a few merchants are keeping their heads in the weakening of the national economy.

Rather than continuing to get burned with the decrease in demand for tanning, Priscilla Sizemore and son Mike Burnette will shut that portion of their business down.

The owners see the chance to provide a more necessary service in its place and they feel good about it.

INDEPENDENCE — The debate continued Monday night over how much money the school system should return to Grayson County from the savings of closing three schools.

The money saved from the closings was expected to offset the cost of a new school in the western end of the county, which is already underway.

At a joint meeting between the Grayson Board of Supervisors and school board to discuss the 2009-10 budget, one thing was certain — nobody knows how much money should be saved as each school in the county is closed.

INDEPENDENCE — Nearly 350 jobs expected to come to Grayson County in July 2010 could be put on hold if state funding isn’t made available.

According to Larry Traylor, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections, the state did not include operating funds for the county's new prison in the fiscal year 2010 budget.