Elk Creek News

A former board of supervisors candidate in Grayson was chosen from among more than 30 applicants to lead the county's Day Report Center.

Bucky and Scottie Pritchard of Elk Creek, Va. announce the marriage of their daughter Virginia Alice to Robert Hunter Greenlaw II, son of Cynthia Bryant of Richmond and Hunter Greenlaw of Fredericksburg, and stepson of Kathy Greenlaw, also of Fredericksburg.

Twin County United Way started its annual campaign kickoff this month at Grayson National Bank locations, in hopes of raising $215,000 by March 31, 2010, to provide funds for 27 local agencies.

From the Labels : Mountain Roads Recordings Signs Jim Lloyd and The Skyliners Bristol, TN -- Jim Lloyd & The Skyliners represent the newest member of the Mountain Roads Recordings' family.

The Locklears and Amy Williams, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier.

Grayson County leaders have agreed to provide the final $7,000 needed to install a sewer line to Twin County Regional Airport.

More than $6 million in American Restoration and Recovery Act funding was allocated to Grayson County for infrastructure projects.

Independence will request proposals for solid waste collection after county officials told town council that the trash fee for all Grayson County citizens - including town residents - "is what it is." Grayson County Supervisors last month approved an addition to the county's Solid Waste Ordinance that attached a $3 weekly fee for trash removal on ...

As part of the project, wireless towers have been installed at all Carroll County schools, a fiber optic network has been installed in downtown Galax and wireless towers have been installed in Elk Creek and Independence in Grayson County to provide high-speed Internet services to surrounding homes and businesses.

Only one incumbent will face a challenger this year on two Grayson County boards.

Ten citizens attended a public hearing for Grayson County's 2009-10 budget on Tuesday, which includes increases in the tax levy, personal property tax rates and vehicle decal costs and a new fee for trash pickup.

Grayson County is proposing to charge all residents of the county $3 a week for trash pickup, but Independence Town Council members feel they should have been included in negotiations.

Antonia Stocki Rausch died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Green Knoll Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bridgewater.