Galax News

It's not every day that a memorial service is held without a soldier, but it happened at the Saddle Creek Cemetery on U.S. 58 west of Independence on Oct.

We just took our dad to a doctor who does what you do and he said that Dad's got pretty bad dementia and that he's going to die in six months and we should just make him comfortable.

Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. is considering expanding its facility at 300 E. Grayson St.

This marks the 27th year that the Galax Y's Men's Club has spearheaded the annual Community Christmas Chest Fund, which provides Christmas boxes filled with food to 450 families in need.

Big Country Breakfast at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. All-you-can-eat biscuits, gravy, pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon and drinks will be available.

After serving as interim city manager for a couple of months, Keith Barker's position will become permanent.

David Coleman lives by Phil. 4:13 which says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." The Piney area resident attributes the verse of Scripture to his remarkable recovery from a debilitating stroke he suffered in January 1997 at the age of 41.

The visitors' center in downtown Galax is expected to be complete and open by the end of the year or January, according to Keith Barker, interim city manager.

Soldiers on the battlefield keep in their hearts a reminder of what they're fighting for: God.

A Galax man has been charged with possession of child pornography after officers searched his home.

Bob McDonnell steamrolled Creigh Deeds in Tuesday's gubernatorial election as part of a dominating night for Republican candidates who prevailed in the other two statewide races and gained seats to increase the party's majority in the House of Delegates.

Galax Middle School students get a kick out of seeing their friends stand in front of the green screen, as they watch them take a "trip" on a computer monitor to Hollywood or China, using chroma key techniques and special software during a podcasting Focus class.

On a cool Saturday morning in April, more than 53 years ago, history was made for one young pilot and witnessed by only one other pair of eyes at the old Galax airport.

Reader Comments: More News headlines NOV. 3, 2009 ELECTION RESULTS UPDATED: In Grayson County, candidates for the Wilson District seat on the Board of Supervisors were statistically tied, with incumbent Republican Mike Maynard only four votes ahead of Democratic challenger Kate Irwin.

Dozens of locals who are feeling the heavy blow of the economy have been sleeping overnight on Mondays in the cold air at the front steps of Rooftop of Virginia, hoping to be one of 10 clients each week to acquire emergency assistance funds to pay rent, water or electric bills or purchase fuel to heat their home.

Students at Elliston Lafayette Elementary School, Shawsville Elementary School and Christiansburg Primary School received vaccines against H1N1 this week.

The new after-school program at Woodlawn will use all available school and community resources to help students progress academically and have some fun, too.

After seeing the proposed increases in the Carroll Public Service Authority's rates, Hillsville officials wondered why the county found the town's prices so unaffordable back when they considered combining forces on public utilities.

Details remain to be ironed out in the public sewer cooperation between Galax and Carroll County, as the Woodlawn sewer system gets ready to come online.

Raising the hairs on the back of your neck is not the typical way a community action agency raises funds.