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Altizer elected Roanoke County Supervisors’ Chairman

ROANOKE COUNTY – Vinton Supervisor Mike Altizer was elected chairman of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors at the board’s reorganization meeting today, Jan. 7. Charlotte Moore, who represents the Cave Spring District, was elected vice chairman.   »

Supervisors wind down a busy April

CRAIG COUNTY – April is the Craig County Board of Supervisors’ month for winding down the county budget and getting ready for the new Fiscal Year 2012-13. It is the culmination of many extra meetings and work sessions that began March 6 with a joint work session with the Craig County School Board. The... »

Budget committee now considering combination of tax increases, cuts after public meeting

The Board of Supervisors budget committee met again Wednesday morning where it digested comments from the previous night’s public meeting at Lord Botetourt High School. By the end of the 3-1/2 hour committee meeting, the supervisors had asked the county administration to provide several budget scenarios that included real estate and personal property tax... »

Residents tell supervisors don’t cut services

BOTETOURT – If the Board of Supervisors did not know that citizens love their schools, their libraries, and the parks and recreation programs, they know it now. More than 500 people of all ages turned out at the public input meeting Tuesday night, and the vast majority wanted to save Botetourt County. Students pleaded... »

Botetourt residents asked to weigh in on possibly closing a school, eliminating athletics, cuts to Sheriff’s Dept., libraries, recreation at March 27 meeting

The Botetourt County School Board is considering what they consider some catastrophic cuts, while the Board of Supervisors budget committee is issuing a list of possible cuts it may be making on its side of the ledger because of what is now a projected $3.7 million budget shortfall in the next fiscal year. That’s... »

Mastering multi-tasking a rewarding experience for Charlotte Moore

ROANOKE - Multi-tasking is something women were simply born to do.  It is something at which Charlotte Moore is very good.  Moore is not only on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors, but she is also a realtor, owner of the landscaping company Dream Scapes, as well as a single mother to two now-grown children,... »

Supervisors Looney and Durling recognized for service

NEW CASTLE – Craig County Supervisors Helen Looney and Jennifer Durling were recognized for their service to the county while on the Board of Supervisors. Helen Looney who represents the Upper Craigs Creek District was elected to the Board in November 2003 and began serving her first term January 1, 2004. She chose not... »

Voters have chance to choose two supervisors

CRAIG COUNTY  – In next week’s Nov. 8 election, Craig County voters have the opportunity to choose new members of the board of supervisors or to re-elect current ones in two districts, as well as a choice between an incumbent Republican and a Democratic challenger in the Virginia House of Delegates race. Voters in... »

Landmark could be torn down for parking spaces

By David J. Bisset CHRISTIANSBURG — There’s a building in downtown Christiansburg that could be celebrating its 100 year old birthday in 2012. The old Clerk’s Office, which is on the Virginia Landmark Register and in the National Register of Historic Places, will be 100 years old in a few short months, but its... »

Botetourt budget committee unanimous in recommending 2% raise

Supervisor Larry Ceola agreed he would support a 2 percent pay raise for Botetourt County employees after a two-hour budget committee meeting Wednesday morning in Fincastle. His decision followed  another lengthy budget discussion, this time with the two other budget committee members, Terry Austin and Steve Clinton. Austin and Clinton are long-time budget committee... »