Plus: Local and state incentives will provide $1.55 million to Rural King, and Dino Fest brings in an all-time high in revenue.
Julianna Stephenson
Crowd packs hearing as Henry County goes ‘back to the drawing board’ on data center regulations
Data centers were removed from zoning amendments but a solar project cap was approved.
Seeking ways to ‘make them notice,’ Henry County waives residential building fees
More housing incentives are planned over the next six to 12 months.
Martinsville Field Notes: Data centers, solar projects on Henry County agenda
Plus: What Martinsville’s superintendent says about the sales tax referendum for school improvement projects, and Dino Fest returns!
Martinsville adds 1% sales tax referendum for school construction to November’s ballot
Martinsville is one of the first localities in the region — if not the first — to add the referendum since a new Virginia law took effect.
Municipal report: Former Martinsville city manager fired for issues from hiring practices to fiscal irregularities to conflicts of interest
The city issued a press release outlining what was found during an investigation.


