At a community meeting this week, local officials shared information about the project’s jobs, electric and water use and monetary incentives.
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Martinsville mayor reinstated to city council pending trial on recall petition
Mayor L.C. Jones had been suspended since February, when a judge ordered a recall trial after petitioners accused him of wrongdoing.
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Martinsville’s suspended mayor fights petition to remove him in a recall trial by jury, a rarity in Virginia
A jury trial on a petition to remove a public official is unusual in Virginia, but two such cases are currently on commonwealth dockets. One of them, in Martinsville, involves Mayor L.C. Jones, whom a circuit judge suspended pending trial, despite the lack of criminal charges.
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Forensic audit: Former Martinsville city manager had more than $15,000 in credit charges where no business purpose could be found
The manager’s credit card charges cover expenses ranging from hotel rooms to Uber rides. The audit says it shows “inadequate or non-existent internal controls as there are transactions that are in direct violation of the City’s purchasing card policy.” However, the lack of paper trails does not prove fraud or abuse, it says.
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Pittsylvania board, VDOT to hold public hearing on funding for proposed rural road improvements
The VDOT Secondary Six-Year Plan is required by the state and updated annually to plan financing for improving secondary roads.
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Roanoke City Council to interview 4 school board candidates
On Monday, the council will interview Christopher Link, Darlene Burcham, Derek Kaknes and Donna Littlepage.
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Deemed to be in ‘fiscal distress’ by the state, Radford will hold a public hearing Tuesday on its proposed budget
Increases in the real estate tax and water and electric rates are on the table.
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Montgomery County School Board to discuss collective bargaining, employee bonuses Tuesday
It will also examine school facility needs during the 7 p.m. session.
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Montgomery County’s real estate tax could rise again
Supervisors will vote on a 5-cent hike at Monday meeting.
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NRV this week: Earth Fest in Christiansburg, International Street Fair in Blacksburg, and more
Featured this week: a town council meeting in Floyd, a sustainability meeting and an earth festival in Christiansburg, and an international fair in Blacksburg.
