Miranda Baines

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Staff Writer at The Gazette-Virginian

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New Halifax County High School ‘80% complete’

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

Construction of the new Halifax County High School is “80% complete.”Project manager Vincent Maresca of Skanska shared that news with the Halifax County School Board at their Monday evening meeting in response to a question from Board Chair Derek Mason. Mason asked Maresca if the new high school building was 80% complete after school board finance committee member Lacey Shotwell shared that expenditures on the high school construction project were 80% complete.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR: Halifax County’s first nurse practitioner recounts career, changing landscape

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

In every profession, there is always a pioneer who paves the way for others to follow. Judith Anderson became the county’s first practicing family nurse practitioner in the early 1990s, setting a precedence for others to follow in her chosen career path.
Halifax County School Board faces light agenda for Monday meeting

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

The Halifax County School Board faces a light agenda heading into their meeting on Monday, students’ first day back to school after a weeklong spring break. The board’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting is set for 6 p.m. in the second-floor meeting room of the Mary Bethune Office Complex. For those unable to attend the meeting in person, the meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube, with a link posted to Halifax County Public Schools’ Facebook page.
Giraffes, flamingos, ostriches could come to Halifax County

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

A proposed exotic animals’ exhibition on River Road and two proposed solar facilities in northern Halifax County are on the agenda for Tuesday evening’s joint meeting of the planning commission and board of supervisors. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the supervisors’ meeting room in the county administrative building, 1050 Mary Bethune St., Halifax. Public hearings will be held on each of the conditional use permit applications prior to the planning commission’s vote on them.
Residents take aim at gun range in Wolf Trap area

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

Residents and property owners in the Wolf Trap area of Halifax County voiced complaints about a gun range in the area at Monday evening’s board of supervisors meeting. The gun range is located on the Ken Warfield of Warfield Investigative Services, LLC. Michael Brandon was the first person who raised concerns about the gun range in his rural residential community. Brandon stated that he lives within 800 yards of the gun range.
Energy Right presents ‘County of the Year’ award to Halifax

1 week ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

Energy Right presented the County of the Year award to Halifax County at Monday evening’s board of supervisors meeting. Energy Right is a nonprofit organization with a mission of ensuring that energy is developed “the right way” through education on the local level — providing fact-based resources and connecting communities and leaders with experts. The award was presented to Halifax County for its “responsible solar development approach,” according to the meeting agenda packet.
Halifax County Board of Supervisors OKs new county attorney

2 weeks ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

Sands Anderson is Halifax County’s new official provider of legal counsel. The Halifax County Board of Supervisors voted at their Monday evening meeting to accept Sands Anderson as the official county attorney. Prior to the supervisors’ decision, Sands Anderson had been providing legal services to the county on an interim basis. Board Vice Chair Stanley Brandon made the motion to accept Sands Anderson as the county attorney, and ED-1 Supervisor Pete Riddle seconded the motion.
Move sparks debate on equitable funding for fire agencies in Halifax County

2 weeks ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

A decision to loan Midway Volunteer Fire Department money for the refurbishment of a tanker truck at Monday evening’s Halifax County Board of Supervisors meeting sparked a debate about equitability in funding for all the county fire departments. The supervisors ultimately decided to loan the Midway VFD $100,000 for a chassis (load-bearing framework) for the tanker truck, but the decision was fraught with controversy.
Middle school students compete in Civics Bee

2 weeks ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

Twenty middle school students competed in a local round of the National Civics Bee on Thursday evening in the gymnasium of Halifax County Middle School. The Civics Bee tested the students’ knowledge of everything from the U.S. Constitution to the powers of the three different branches of government and the rights of citizens. The Halifax County Chamber of Commerce hosted the event.
Packed agenda awaits Halifax County Board of Supervisors on Monday

2 weeks ago | yourgv.com | Miranda Baines

A packed agenda of business items awaits the Halifax County Board of Supervisors at their Monday evening meeting. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the supervisors’ meeting room in the county administration building, 1050 Mary Bethune St., Halifax. One of the first items of new business for the board’s consideration is a rezoning application that would allow the construction of multi-family housing units on a parcel of land on Philpott Road, east of Richard Harrell Trucking.