Mike Still

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

ST. PAUL – Some Southwest Virginia localities are seeing grants cutoff after earlier approval, and Virginia Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner said the situation is creating a lack of confidence in the federal government’s fiscal commitments. Pound Town Council Member Leabern Kennedy and Russell County Supervisor Lou Ann Wallace both raised the issue to Warner during a town hall meeting in St. Paul Monday.

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

GATE CITY — The Scott County Board of Supervisors will continue discussion on a new tax to guarantee a stable floor of funding for the county’s fire and emergency medical services departments. The proposed fire tax, which dominated Monday’s board budget workshop, stems from a recommendation by public finance consultancy firm Davenport in an April 14 letter to acting County Administrator Bill Dingus and Accounting Manager Bart Shelton.

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

GATE CITY – A proposed tax to fund fire and emergency medical services agencies dominated Monday’s Scott County Supervisors budget workshop, but the broad picture leaves a potential deficit between $1.15 million and $988,000.

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

GATE CITY — The Scott County Board of Supervisors will continue discussion on a new tax to guarantee a stable floor of funding for the county’s fire and emergency medical services departments. The proposed fire tax, which dominated Monday’s board budget workshop, stems from a recommendation by public finance consultancy firm Davenport in an April 14 letter to acting County Administrator Bill Dingus and Accounting Manager Bart Shelton.

1 week ago | timesnews.net | Mike Still

ST. PAUL – “When I come to Southwest Virginia I get an earful,” Virginia Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner said during a town hall meeting appearance in St. Paul Monday. Much of that earful came from advocates for black lung victims impacted by recent cuts to coal workers’ health programs in the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.