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Looney Creek Watershed residents eligible for cost share on septic pump outs, repairs

By Edwin McCoy

TMDL. WQIP. BMPs. 319 Non-point Source Management Program. Impaired Waters. They are the acronyms and terminology that mean many homeowners in the Looney Creek Watershed are eligible for cost-share funds to have their septic tanks pumped or their failing septic systems repaired or replaced. The funding that will pay 50 percent of the cost of having a septic tank pumped,... »

County breaks ground for one school, prepares to close another

By Meg Hibbert

ROANOKE COUNTY – Closing one school and building another. That’s the situation the Roanoke County School Board is in right now, as members helped break ground today for a new Masons Cove Elementary School. The Jan. 29 ceremony came less than 24 hours after school board members and administration faced the ire of parents and... »