Radford will hold back-to-back public meetings to gather input on what local services to fund with a federal grant.
NRV Zone
New River Valley Zone (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Wythe, Floyd, Bland, Carroll, and Grayson)
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Appalachian Power plans coal ash cleanup at old Glen Lyn plant
The utility seeks regulatory approval for a $340 million effort to haul the byproducts of coal-fired electricity generation to a future landfill just across the West Virginia border.
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A local politician’s claim shows how AI searches can lead users astray
Google and its AI, Gemini, gave a wildly inaccurate answer when a member of the Radford City Council asked it how many Virginia localities have passed Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions.
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Money moving: Monday’s Montgomery County meeting
Money from a special contingencies fund could pay for the salary and benefit costs of three school resource officers.
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NRV meetings tackle trees, $1 property lease idea, fiber-optic cable and more
In Radford, the city council will be presented with a fire department report on Monday.
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Montgomery’s new comprehensive plan up for comment at Wednesday’s planning commission
Once the planning commission approves the comprehensive plan, it will come up for a final vote by supervisors.
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2 new entrepreneurship programs take shape in Blacksburg
Downtown Blacksburg Inc. aims to support emergent and existing local businesses.
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Trailer manufacturer to expand Giles County site, creating 46 jobs
Nampa, Idaho-based Interstate Group will invest $8.9 million in the expansion, according to the governor’s office.
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Monday is last day to sign up for water testing programs in the NRV this week and next week
The Virginia Household Water Quality Program offers affordable testing for 28 water constituents. Registration deadline is Monday.
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Bring a weapon to school? Get expelled. Montgomery school board votes on revised penalties Tuesday
Also, middle schoolers could be looking at longer class periods.
