By Edwin McCoy
FINCASTLE – Delegate Lacey Putney announced today that he intends to seek re-election to another two-year term in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the new 19th House District. Under the new redistricting plan, the 19th House District consists of the cities of Bedford and Covington, all of Alleghany County, parts of Bedford County...
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By Edwin McCoy
FINCASTLE – Jack Leffel will run for the Fincastle District seat on the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors he said in an announcement this week.
He will run as an Independent.
Leffel said he is not seeking re-election to a fourth term on the School Board because he wants the county government to maintain the vision...
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By Edwin McCoy
FINCASTLE – Bill Arney announced this week he is seeking the Republican Party nomination to run for Treasurer of Botetourt County.
Longtime Treasurer Benton Bolton announced this spring he is retiring and will not seek re-election.
Arney said he will carry on the traditions of fairness, honesty and professionalism that Botetourt residents have come to expect...
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By Edwin McCoy
FINCASTLE – Rodney Spickard announced this week he is seeking the Republican Party nomination to run for Botetourt Commissioner of the Revenue.
“I am running for this position because I love living and working in Botetourt County, and would like to work for the citizens in an office I am qualified for,” he said.
Spickard said...
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By Meg Hibbert
BLUE RIDGE – Two Craig County men were arrested in a mobile meth lab bust in Botetourt County last week, and a jury recommended a 10-year-sentence for another.
Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle identified the two as Christopher Paitsel and Brandon Wolfe, both of New Castle, who were arrested on U.S. 460 in the community...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – Jane Ford absolutely beamed as she prepared to go home without having to wear her glasses.
“I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 10 years old,” the 62-year-old said. “I already can see better,” she added, within minutes of coming out of cataract surgery that gave her sight for Christmas.
Ford and 16 other...
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By Kristin Adams
Southwest Virginia–Last year, potters spilled out of the crowded cafeteria and into the hallways of Cave Spring High School at the annual Blue Ridge Potters Guild show and sale. So this year, the Guild is relocating to a more spacious location: Patrick Henry High School.
“We had just really outgrown Cave Spring,” Jessie Rusinko, publicity...
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By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – Amsterdam is one of the oldest communities in Botetourt, but these days it is nearly lost in the transition between Daleville and Ashley Plantation.
Still, the little community on US 220 will be one of the subjects in a Dutch film that will tell the stories of all 16 American Amsterdams.
Two Dutch filmmakers...
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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,...
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By Submitted
nTelos has announced the expansion of local calling between Eagle Rock, Fincastle, Clifton Forge, Covington and Potts Creek.
Linda Steele, nTelos director of Wireline Marketing, said nTelos has made significant changes in the way long distance and local calls are handled between the Eagle Rock (884), Fincastle (473), Clifton Forge (862, 863), Covington (962, 965,...
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