When the board of supervisors meets Monday, it also will consider a proposal to conduct more frequent real estate assessments and will look at reauthorizing an agricultural zoning district.
NRV Zone
New River Valley Zone (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Wythe, Floyd, Bland, Carroll, and Grayson)
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Virginia Tech passes research spending goal, but looks to fill possible funding gaps left by federal cuts
Virginia Tech has passed targets for research spending, but in what one official calls an “increasingly unpredictable” federal funding climate, the university might ask for more money from state, corporate and private sources.
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Closing of Ujima House at Virginia Tech leaves residents taking what they’ve learned from the experience
The living-learning community, which was created in 2018, is a residence hall focused around Africana studies and the African American experience. It’s one of four LLCs that will be dissolved at the end of the school year.
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Radford, Pulaski County at odds over decades-long tax-sharing arrangement
In November 1978, the localities inked an agreement to share sales tax revenues from the community of Fairlawn. Now the county is refusing to pay the city and has sued in an attempt to end the agreement.
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DEI cuts at Virginia Tech total more than $8 million
Student groups have continued organizing protests against the university’s dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion programs under pressure from the Trump administration.
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Mobile learning lab brings hands-on science activities to students across Virginia
The 43-foot trailer aims to expose students in kindergarten through fifth grade to career fields in the life sciences through bite-sized activities.
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Appalachian Power plans grid upgrades in New River Valley
The electric utility says updating its circa-1940s equipment will improve reliability for customers.
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Rich Creek mayor appointee wins write-in campaign, will ‘move forward’ after leadership shakeup
Paul Morrison won the race with 77 of 106 write-in votes cast by residents of the Giles County town.
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Sutphin elected Blacksburg mayor by 18 votes; Macedo mulls recount
County election officials had to verify more than 2,000 provisional ballots, most of which were cast by voters in precincts heavily populated by Virginia Tech students.
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Marletta will be Radford’s next commissioner of the revenue after tight race
Kelsey Marletta emerged the winner over Angel Turpin when the city electoral board met Wednesday to settle the provisional ballots.
