Montgomery County News

When property tax collection becomes a problem for some municipalities, the state recommends they go to a higher power for help: The county.

Wat Hopkins will spend a semester in Chapel Hill, N.C., starting in January. Wat Hopkins Anna L. Mallory anna.mallory@roanoke.com , 381-8627 Longtime Montgomery County School Board member Wat Hopkins says a new job as a visiting professor at the University of North Carolina shouldn't detract from his duties on the board.

Early this afternoon, a report surfaced that 30 children and adults had been swept off a bridge in Montgomery County and were missing in the Uwharrie River.

UWHARRIE A church youth group on a faith-building "survivor challenge" got into rough water Thursday, triggering a massive rescue effort on the Uwharrie River in Montgomery County.

Low Water Bridge. Photo courtesy of Learn NC, from the UNC School of Education. A church youth group on a canoe outing got into trouble Thursday afternoon in rough water, triggering a large-scale rescue on the Uwharrie River in Montgomery County.

Officials say up to 30 people have been located after a reported emergency at a North Carolina river.

Violent crimes in which someone was hurt in Richmond County are reported at a rate which is some five points lower than the statewide average and lower than five other surrounding counties.

Council considers re-opening White Street Landfill by Yasmine Regester Carolina Peacemaker Originally posted 6/3/2009 Greensboro City Council members heard from a capacity crowd of unhappy residents on Tuesday night regarding a proposal to re-open the White Street Landfill to household garbage.

A viewer contacted WFMY looking for answers into the death of a baby on Sunday, May 24.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms continue forming this evening and moving across the Charlotte metro region.

An 18-year-old West End woman died in a fiery single-vehicle crash Thursday on N.C. 73 in Montgomery County.

A Selma man may have been in the midst of a psychiatric breakdown when he slammed his truck into another vehicle on U.S. 70 in January 2008, instantly killing a Clayton woman and her brother.

Montgomery County fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer says a woman in her 20s was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive.

Published: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 3:57 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 3:57 p.m. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has wanted its own firing range for years.

Montgomery County has more to offer than just Virginia Tech, school board members say, and they want to find a headhunter willing to promote the whole county to prospective superintendent candidates.

Montgomery County is officially on the hunt for a superintendent. At its school board meeting Tuesday, board members chose 5-1 to send out a "request for proposal" to find a firm to help lead the search.

Fueled by donations from labor and business groups, freshman Rep. Larry Kissell raised more money than all but one of North Carolina's U.S. House members during the first three months of the year.

In the three years since announcing plans to build poultry litter-powered electric plants in North Carolina, Fibrowatt LLC has generated momentum.

In an exclusive interview from inside a Montgomery County prison Friday afternoon, Shannon Martin, the mother of a 4-year-old girl who died last week under the care of her cousin and cousin's fiancA©e, said she blames herself for making poor decisions in life that forced her to leave the girl under the care of a family member.

Area residents opposed to the planned Fibrowatt LLC power plant near Elkin are voicing some of the same concerns opponents to a similar plant in Minnesota had.