Claudville News

Three men were charged in connection with several break-ins and larcenies, and more than $4,000 worth of firearms were recovered, according to a release from Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith.

Some area Democrats say their gubernatorial candidate in Tuesday's election was not strong, while others say the Republican candidate found a message that resonated with voters and stuck to it.

Virginia voters in Patrick and Carroll counties will help elect a new governor and make other choices today at their respective polls.

Local registrars are encouraging voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's election, but some predict only about half will.

Most political candidates talk about the need for jobs these days, but Roger T. Hayden does so with an eye toward the future focused on ways in which technology can make it brighter.

Though she has no "agenda" in seeking the Dan River District seat on the Patrick County Board of Supervisors, Janet R. Epperson has identified several key issues during her candidacy - especially high taxes.

""You are seeing today the first signal that is generated from white spaces I'm told anywhere in the world," said Rick Boucher , the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.

TVB sent some questions to Peter Stanforth, chief technology officer for Spectrum Bridge, the company that designed the white-space broadband network recently launched in Claudville, Va.

The Most Important Tech Product Is the Kindle, Not the iPhone The Amazon e-book reader is revolutionizing an industry that hasn't changed since its inception.

Well, this one's been years in the making , but it looks like the very first white space network using those newly freed up broadcast TV channels has now been lit up in Claudville, Virginia , which should just be the first of plenty more rural communities to come.

Patrick County authorities are seeking the public's help in trying to apprehend a suspect in a gun theft in Ararat.

Republican House of Delegates candidate Ed Creed pledged Friday to listen to voters to find out what is best for the 10th District.

The annual Anderson Reunion will be held Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church in Claudville, VA.

STUART, Va. a 'The Ararat and Claudville areas of Patrick County will have a new representative on the county Board of Supervisors due to a decision by the incumbent not to seek re-election. The filing period for the 2009 election in Patrick passed this week with 3 of Ararat, who serves the Dan River District on the five-member board, declining to ...

Officials in Patrick County, Va., are using federal funds to buy land in Surry County to build a tower that will upgrade 911 communications in the Ararat community.

Sheriff Dan Smith reported the following arrests: *William Wesley Webb, 22, of Mount Airy, N.C., was arrested April 30 on charges of robbery and aggravated malicious wounding, with Claude O. McCormick listed as the victim.

Several residents of Mount Airy and the Ararat-Claudville communities in Patrick County have been named in a massive undercover drug operation in Virginia.