Today's News

By SHAINA STOCKTON
Staff

Galax is set to get a second Dollar General Store, and grading work for the site has already begun on South Main Street.
Recently, a former restaurant building and a car wash were torn down on South Main, making way for the new store.
Dollar General’s public relations manager, Crystal Ghassemi, says that the new store will open in the spring.
Galax City Manager Keith Barker confirmed the plans for Dollar General, but noted that construction is still in its early stages.

It’s about time someone turned the tables on the state.
Lawmakers and the governor for the last few years have shifted costs onto localities while reducing state funding.
It was almost certainly with some small amount of pleasure, then, that several New River Valley communities said enough is enough.
Carroll and Grayson counties are among the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority’s member localities, along with the city of Radford and the counties of Pulaski, Giles, Wythe, Bland and Floyd.

 In Wednesday’s paper I’ll have a look back at what was a pretty good 2012. For the next-to-last sports page of this year, let’s take a look forward.

There is 365 days’ worth of stuff to anticipate in 2013, and though we have no idea what most of it will be, there is quite a bit that we do know will happen, and some of that will begin happening as early as the second day of the new year.

SPARTA, N.C. –– It’s not exactly the halfway point of the season, but with district play looming, the Christmas break marks the point between when a team needs to get better and when it ought to be better.

If Thursday is any indication, Galax is a lot closer to the latter than the former.

Facing what has traditionally been one of the stronger programs in Region IV, the Maroon Tide overcame a double-digit Patrick County advantage in the fourth quarter to briefly take the lead, only to fall 54-49 at Alleghany High School.