Virginia Tech’s board of visitors approved the purchase of more than 100 acres from Johns Hopkins.
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New River Valley Zone (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Wythe, Floyd, Bland, Carroll, and Grayson)
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No tax increases proposed in new Christiansburg budget
A public hearing on the budget will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Radford residents to again pay more amid city fiscal struggles
The city council approved real estate, water and electric rate increases Tuesday night.
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Spanberger names 4 to Virginia Tech Board of Visitors ahead of presidential search
Rector John Rocovich said last week that the hiring of someone to replace outgoing President Tim Sands could be done by July 1, when the governor’s appointees take office.
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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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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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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.
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Virginia Tech board changed bylaws to allow Rocovich to serve third term as rector; now he oversees presidential search
The board voted last year to allow the Roanoke lawyer, who had served two terms earlier in the century, to serve a third time. He is now in charge of what he says “is the single most important thing a board does” — pick a president.
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Virginia Tech board approves increase in tuition, fees
The total cost for an in-state undergraduate student living on campus is expected to be more than $32,000.
