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County receives grant for business center

Several economic development heads attended the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission at the Southern Virginia Committee in Bristol on May 12, including (left to right) Daniel Pinard, Economic Development Director of the Town of Rocky Mount; Bryce Simmons, Stuart Town Manager; Beth Simms, Cultural and Economic Development Director for the Town of Rocky Mount; Sean Adkins, Patrick County’s director of economic development, and Del. Wren Williams, R-Stuart. The Patrick County Economic Development Authority (EDA) received $500,000 from the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission at the Southern Virginia Committee meeting held in Bristol on May 12. EDA Director Sean Adkins, who...

Class of 2022 prepares to ‘step’ at commencement Friday

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Patient refusals now billable in county

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Class of 2022 prepares to ‘step’ at commencement Friday

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Strawberry Fest set for Saturday

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School officials request meeting with counterparts in county

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Amber Heard cross-examined about fights with Johnny Depp

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp on Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s accusation that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle. Heard was cross-examined for most of the day after her testimony in Depp’s libel suit against her. Depp is suing Heard in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a
In Buffalo, Biden mourns victims, says ‘evil will not win’

BUFFALO (AP) — President Joe Biden mourned with Buffalo’s grieving families on Tuesday, then exhorted the nation to reject what he angrily labeled the poison of white supremacy. He said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo. Speaking to victims’ families, local officials
Grant to fund improvements at Breaks Interstate Park

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help fund improvements at Breaks Interstate Park, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said. The $358,035 grant for the Ratliff Hole Area Renovation in Pike County will go toward a new trail, improved parking and restroom facilities and the repaving of an access road, Beshear