Carroll County News

The Governing Board of Southwest Virginia Governor's School Tuesday unanimously approved a math summer camp and policy on premature school withdrawals.

The school day at Carroll County Intermediate came to an abrupt end after staff at the school opened an envelope with a double threat inside.

Elden Horton checks in with Elsie Cochran at Carroll County Intermediate School on Tuesday morning.

Letting people have their say in the appropriate venue is always a good thing. If thinking about a certain topic - say an electric utility's requested rate increase in recessionary times - creates a burning feeling in the pit of a citizen's stomach, it's that person's right to speak up.

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

The Hillsville Volunteer Fire Department was called out around 2:00 AM this morning Stations 1, 2 and 3 responded to a Structure Fire at 3393 Oak Grove Road in the Laurel area of Carroll County.

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.

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.

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.

Carroll County officials joined with the Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority and the Crossroads Small Business Development Center in cutting a ribbon for David and Sherry Cornett, who represent the areaa s 500th created or saved job when they purchased the Window World franchise in Galax.

A decline in revenue for property tax and vehicle license fees has Galax officials considering bringing back automotive sticker decals, according to Keith Barker, acting city manager.

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

Although preliminary tests at the Lambsburg acid site indicate elevated levels of lead where computer parts where processed, an official with the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday he didn't think it posed much of a health threat.

A competitive bid environment brought Carroll County's water distribution effort in about $1.3 million less than budget, according to Public Service Authority information.

A Lambsburg resident had some acid words for Carroll County officials who he said ignored problems at a business with hazardous wastes, which recently prompted an emergency clean up.

Divorce is an extremely stressful experience. Healing from the trauma of separation and divorce in isolation is exceedingly difficult.

Workers with Kemron Environmental Services work to unload computer parts and acid off one of six trailers full of acid at 496 Old Pipers Gap Road in Lambsburg last week.

A Carroll County woman injured Wednesday in a head-on collision with a dump truck has died.

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.

The barrels were discovered inside six trailers parked at a business near the intersection of Old Pipers Gap Road and Flower Gap Road.