Education

GALAX - Bluefield College will host an information session in Galax Tuesday, May 14 for the purpose of sharing the latest opportunities for online degree completion for residents of southwest Virginia.

The meeting will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Crossroads Institute’s Higher Education Center, 208 Cranberry Road in Galax, and will be an open house style gathering, allowing prospective students to attend any time during the three-hour session to learn more about BC’s inSPIRE Online Degree Completion Program.

Week of May 9-15

Grayson County Schools

Week of May 2-8

Grayson County Schools

Galax High School Principal Dr. Jody Ray has announced his resignation from the position.

The school is advertising a job opening to fill the position.

Assistant Galax Schools Superintendent Rebecca Cardwell told local media on Friday that Ray has resigned from the position for personal reasons.

"He was a nice and effective principal and we will miss him," she said. "We wish him the best in the future, and we know that he will be very successful."

Ray has held the job as principal at the high school for two years.