The issue is not exclusive to them and is reflective of the greater challenge many public and private sector employers across the country currently face with finding workers, said Blacksburg Town Manager Marc Verniel.
While the annual routine allowed supervisors to make some history, the usually conflict free process provided another view of some of the heightened tension that has existed on the school board since the start of the pandemic.
The council is also discussing a change in the timing of the appointment of school board members.
Readers pulled few punches in their assessments of Rep. Morgan Griffith's description of the Jan. 6 insurrection, on its first anniversary.
The store will be located on a First & Main shopping center outparcel.
A new board member introduced a resolution to drop student mask mandates in Roanoke County schools. But some of the arguments she offered in support of the measure appear specious. Others were counterfactual.
Eastbound this week for their first Virginia General Assembly in Richmond are Jason Ballard, Marie March and Wren Williams.
Which assessment of what happened in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, rings true to you, Sen. Mark Warner's or Rep. Morgan Griffith's?
Property owners will soon receive notices.
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Chair Jason Peters tries to move forward in the face of adversity.Â
U.S. Reps. Morgan Griffith and Ben Cline wasted no time in announcing their reelection bids for the 9th and 6th Congressional Districts, respectively.
The money will come from pandemic relief funding.
Officials say it's a game changer.
His career remains one that is respected in the region.
He will begin in February.
Called Legacy on South Main, the proposed project calls for a single apartment building comprised of 56 units.
Those who have had trouble paying bills because of the pandemic can still find help.
The town council voted to begin formal discussions Tuesday evening.
The issue involving the homeless prompted debate, and the council passed the ordinance on a 5-2 vote.
The case between Christiansburg and Roanoke-based Allegheny Construction stems from a roughly $8.5 million project that made a number of adjustments and upgrades in and around the complex intersection of North Franklin and Cambria streets.
Brad St. Clair has been named assistant county administrator for Montgomery County, effective Dec. 6.
Roanoke Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. engaged in a prohibited business transaction for $850 with the city earlier this year, according to an opinion of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.
County Attorney Marty McMahon told supervisors that staff recommended giving workers the choice of either getting vaccinated or submitting to weekly testing, an option the elected body voiced favor for later in the discussion over the COVID-19 measure.
Bedford County will join dozens of other Virginia cities and counties impacted by the opioid crisis in receiving money from a sweeping nationwide multi-billion dollar settlement agreement with several opioid manufacturers and distributors.
The land trust is one concept town staff has recently explored to tackle the long-existing hurdle of affordable housing in Blacksburg, where homes have for years been generally more expensive than in much of the New River Valley.