Giles County News

A metal defect in an anchor bolt and a higher-than-typical load contributed to a Southwest Virginia pedestrian bridge collapse that injured nine people, the state Transportation Department says.

July 2, 2009 VDOT releases findings on Giles County pedestrian bridge collapse The Virginia Department of Transportation has completed its investigation into a pedestrian bridge collapse in Giles County.

McKenzie Brillhard, 2 and a half, swam with her grandpa, Ralph Brillhard of Blacksburg on June 13th.

A Giles County resident died Friday afternoon when his motorcycle left the highway and struck a culvert near the intersection of Interstate 77 and Interstate 81.

RICHMOND a ' Appalachian Powera TMs coal-fired power plant in Giles County and MeadWestvacoa TMs paper mill in Covington will participate in a state evaluation of pollution emissions from older facilities that were exempted from the federal Clean Air Act, Gov.

The state has reserved $20 million of federal stimulus money to build a new bridge over the New River in Narrows.

Virginia will survey air pollution from as many as 300 older power plants and industries not subject to monitoring under the federal Clean Air Act, Gov.

A West Virginia man was killed Friday on U.S. 460 in Giles County when his motorcycle was struck by a car going the wrong way.

A Lashmeet man is killed in a car accident today in Giles County, Virginia. State Police confirm 37-year-old Marcus Kiser died when he collided with another vehicle on Route 460.

Cats, cats and more cats! Angels of Assisi has rescued its share in the last couple of months.

June 19, 2009 Wreck shuts down westbound lanes of US-460 in Giles County A wreck has closed US-460 in Giles County.

A A Police say 37-year-old Marcus Kiser of West Virginia was going westbound on a motorcycle when he was hit head on by a car driven by 61-year-old Marry Toliver.A Toliver was going the eastbound in the westbound travel lanes.A She hit Kiser as he was passing a box truck.A The motorcycle then hit the truck.

All lanes of U.S. 460 westbound near the Giles County town of Narrows has been shut down due to a fatal crash, according to the Giles County Sheriff's Office.

THE CLOSURE OF Pearisburg restaurant The Bank Food and Drink is temporary, owner Linda Hayes said Tuesday.

Most candidates for local offices are running unopposed. When the November general election arrives, voters in the New River Valley will not find many options on their ballots.

GLEN LYN, Va. - Throughout his lifetime, Henry Reed enjoyed playing his fiddle tunes at barn dances in Giles County, Va., and surrounding areas, but on Friday night, through the day and long into the night on Saturday, the memories of Reed's legacy echoed through the mountains of his native stomping grounds for the 7th Annual Henry Reed Fiddlers' ...

Giles County festival continues to honor the musical contributions of Henry Reed.

A A At the National Weather Wervice you can see the band of storms on the radar hovering over southwest Virginia.

Last month, animal control officers in Giles County took nearly 100 cats from a home in Pearisburg.

Two women who work with Angels of Assisi in Roanoke traveled to Giles County Monday afternoon, to help move more than 80 cats.