Surry News

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor In a state race heavily weighted to the Republican side, Democrat incumbent Del.

Election signs dot Route 10 today outside the Mount Nebo Baptist Church polling place in Surry County.

Here are the trick-or-treat times: Isle of Wight has a 5-8 p.m. limit on trick-or-treating for children 12 and under.

This weekend, students from the College of William and Mary traveled to northern Virginia for the regional Power Shift Conference.

Candidates for the 64th District Virginia House of Delegates tackled questions on a proposed coal-fired power plant, transportation and taxes during a candidate forum Thursday.

A proposed coal-fired power plant in Surry County would add "significant and harmful" amounts of mercury and other pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and several rivers in coastal Virginia, a new study concludes.

On a plot of land in Dendron, off of Route 31 in Surry County, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative officials want to build the largest coal-fire power plant in Virginia.A If you drive through the Dendron area, the debate over the Cypress Creek Power Plant is clear.

A fugitive whom police tracked back and forth from Richmond to Surry County in recent days was apprehended in Surry and charged in the fatal shootings of two Petersburg men last weekend in Hopewell.

A proposed $6 billion coal-fired power plant in Surry County will add "significant, illegal" amounts of mercury and other toxins into the Chesapeake Bay , according to a Chesapeake Bay Foundation report.

All but 2 percent of Virginia 's public elementary and secondary schools are fully accredited this year, meeting student performance targets for achievement on state reading, math, social studies and science tests.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Staff Writer DENDRON - The Dendron Town Council voted Monday to let the Surry County Planning Commission review the application for a proposed power plant, and some opponents reacted as if the construction itself had been approved.

With all the traffic in Hampton Roads, sometimes you need some tranquility. After a short drive into the country, ferry boats await at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry Terminals.

It was recently stated that members of Surry's Board of Supervisors were visionaries when it came to the decision to allow a nuclear power plant to be built in our county in the early 1970s.

Albert Burckard is challenging incumbent Del. Bill Barlow to build support for light rail, but he doesna t want to actually win.

State and Dominion Power officials will test their response to an emergency at Surry Nuclear Power Plant.

Loading... 1 of 3 These blueberries were picked from an old bramble in Norfolk. The berries are a good source of vitamin C, manganese and dietary fiber.

Isle of wight - Registration for the Isle of Wight County Fair talent show has been extended to Tuesday at noon.

This is a hunting story that shows just how far most of us will go to go hunting and be in the great outdoors.

Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate? Or all of the above? A really good dry-cured ham can do just that.

Chinese born Abigail Anderson was adopted by an American family when she was 12 and spoke no English.