Fancy Gap News

With a million more visitors expected to roll down the Blue Ridge Parkway for its 75th anniversary, that means more tourism for the Twin Counties, as well.

Three related wrecks on Interstate 77, blamed on the wet weather, tied up traffic for hours on Veterans Day in Carroll County.

A tractor-trailer crash has shut down one southbound lane of Interstate 77 at Fancy Gap, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

One man accused of hauling 313 pounds of marijuana to an Interstate 77 exit in Carroll County has been sentenced to five years for his role in the incident, and a second suspect has pleaded guilty.

Another federal grant will benefit Fancy Gap as a gateway community to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

For the second time in three years, the hard work and dedication of a Carroll County school earned statewide recognition.

The next Carroll County Retired Teachers Meeting will be October 9, Friday, at 11:30 a.m. We will meet at Frank and Norma Bobbitta s Home in Fancy Gap.

It's about taking it one day at a time, said an emotional Terry Marcum, who, more than a year ago lost her mom, sister and brother-in-law in a collision on Interstate 77 near the Fancy Gap exit.

HILLSVILLE a * The Carroll County Public Service Authority, after a public hearing Sept.

This photo of Webb was made in his 20s while he was serving in the U.S. Army. To say that Norman Webb has led an interesting life would be an understatement.

Congressman Rick Boucher shakes hands with Fancy Gap business owner Gina Isom on Friday after the announcement of $8 million of federal funding to bring public water and sewer to Fancy Gap.

Photo by David Young/HVFD Toni Bradberry Hall of Fancy Gap was not seriously injured after this Skylark plane she was piloting crashed 600 feet south of Twin County Regional Airport on Sunday.

Carroll County reached a milestone Friday by landing more than $8 million in federal stimulus funds to build the Fancy Gap water and sewer projects.

The Carroll County Public Service Authority will hold a pair of public hearings over the next three months that could change the countya s condemnation process as well as increase water and sewer rates across the county.

Roanoke Times photographer Gene Dalton found few places better to focus for picturesque scenes than farms during his career.

We all know times are tough. Most of us have friends or neighbors who have been affected by the downturn in our nationa TMs economy.

Two early Saturday fires that happened at almost the same time - and just a few miles apart - in the Fancy Gap area have raised alarm bells in the minds of Carroll investigators and emergency services personnel.

Two early morning fires kept firefighters in Carroll County busy before dawn on Saturday.

It was a busy morning Saturday for the Hillsville Volunteer Fire Department. Just before 1:00, the department was called to a fire on Birch Street in Fancy Gap Crews arrived to find a barn burning.

The community group gives meals to shut-ins on Wednesdays. Every Wednesday morning, a group of people from the Snake Creek community gather at Indian Springs Outpost and get to cooking.