FloydFest 2023 had to be canceled over environmental and permit issues when organizers started working on a new festival site in northern Floyd County. An economic impact study found that FloydFest brings about $4 million in spending to the region every summer. Courtesy of Across-the-Way Productions and Roger Gupta.
FloydFest 2023 had to be canceled over environmental and permit issues when organizers started working on a new festival site in northern Floyd County. An economic impact study found that FloydFest brings about $4 million in spending to the region every summer. Courtesy of Across-the-Way Productions and Roger Gupta.

Here are some of the top headlines from other news outlets around Southwest and Southside:

Culture:

FloydFest co-founder and event “part ways.” — The Roanoke Times.

Farmville playground almost set to reopen, splash pad coming. — The Farmville Herald.

Education:

Virginia Highlands CC resumes work on tech center, fundraising. — Bristol Herald Courier.

Public safety:

Richmond graduation mass shooting: Complete coverage. — Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Bribery conviction upheld for Mecklenburg man who offered town $500 to back gaming machines. — Virginia Mercury.

Politics:

Air Board votes to pull Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. — Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Questions swirl at ABC over store thefts and high-ranking officials being put on leave. — Virginia Mercury.

Firm hired to conduct air quality testing at Bristol landfill. — WCYB-TV.

Economy:

Roanoke started a land bank in 2019. It’s just now getting off the ground. — Roanoke Rambler.

Cap proposed on solar land in Mecklenburg. — Mecklenburg Sun.

Health:

Recent panel discusses the crisis in health care facing Southside. — Chatham Star Tribune.

Harmful algal bloom advisory issued for part of Smith Mountain Lake. — WSET-TV.

Weather:

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