Today's News

When it comes to professional golf, everybody has his or her favorite major.

There are those who prefer The Open Championship – the British Open – because it’s played at or near the birthplace of the game, the weather can be a beast (na’ wind, na’ golf, a Scot will say) and because the courses are so different from their American counterparts.

Some fancy The Masters simply because of the allure and the indescribable magnificence of Augusta National.

The city will hire a legal service to assist in collecting delinquent personal property taxes, with all fees being passed on to the delinquent taxpayer, Finance Director Judy Taylor-Gallimore told Galax City Council at its July 9 meeting.
TACS Legal Services will assist in collecting $220,000 in delinquent personal property taxes that are owned to the city. Taylor-Gallimore said the city has sent letters to delinquent taxpayers and has collected more money once taxpayers have been told that the delinquent fees will be turned over to a collection agency.

It’s too soon to calculate the costs of restoring electricity to customers of Appalachian Power Co. who were left in the dark by last month’s ferocious windstorm.
The bill might come next year, in the form of a rate increase.
An APCo spokeswoman declined to say last week whether the utility will pass the costs of power line repair along to its customers through higher monthly bills.

HILLSVILLE — Carroll County announced Friday that Catherine Dalton has been named finance director for the county.
Carroll County Administrator Gary Larrowe noted that six qualified individuals went through the rigorous interview process.