Mike Still

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

FORT BLACKMORE — The Devil’s Bathtub and its trail system have been a longstanding attraction to locals and tourist, but that popularity comes with several rescues of unprepared hikers each year. Duffield Volunteer Fire and Rescue and the Fort Blackmore Volunteer Fire department are the two closest emergency organizations to the Devil’s Fork Trail, and Duffield Chief Roger Carter says both agencies sharpen their skills with repeated summertime calls to that area.

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

GATE CITY – Gate City’s planned Community Park could see some budget tightening . Town Council on Wednesday voted to continue a special called meeting to Tuesday, June 24 to review 16 proposed change items in Quesenberry, Inc.’s bid for the park project’s phase I. Quesenberry notified the town in June that the phase I project costs had risen to $813,500 - $213,500 above the original project budget, Town Manager Greg Jones told council.

1 week ago | johnsoncitypress.com | Mike Still

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1 week ago | johnsoncitypress.com | Mike Still

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1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

GATE CITY - For the first time in 32 years, Virginians will see a woman’s name on the gubernatorial ballot. Two names, actually, and three if one counts the lieutenant governor’s race in November. In a Tuesday evening of shifting vote tallies during a low-turnout primary election, Richmond state Senator Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor and former Norfolk Del. Jay Jones got the party’s attorney general nomination.