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Government

  • Republican Primary ballot features two candidates

    Virginia’s Republican presidential primary will be held Tuesday.
    Two candidates met the requirements to be on the ballot in Virginia for the primary: U.S. Representative Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
    These will be the only two candidates appearing on the ballot.
    Virginia law specifically does not allow for write-in votes in primary elections and therefore no write-in votes will be counted.
    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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  • Supervisors appoint citizens to boards

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors took up a large portion of its Feb. 9 meeting making appointments to several different boards.
    The list includes:
    • Animal Shelter Board – Tim Hill.
    • Consortium (CLEOS) – +John Brewer.
    • Crooked Road – Amber Shuler.
    • CSA Family Management Policy Team – +Brenda Sutherland; parent rep. – +David Sexton.
    • District III Governmental Cooperative – +Brenda Sutherland; alternate – Mary Young.

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  • Supervisors approve permit for cell tower

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors last Thursday approved a special use permit for a cell tower in western Grayson.
    A public hearing was also held at the meeting to give citizens the opportunity to make comments about a special use permit request for 115.85 acres owned by Charles Felts of Hays, Va., for the erection of a U.S. Cellular telephone tower in western Grayson County.
    Charles Parsons was the only person to speak at the hearing. He asked if the location of the tower was still the same. He was told there hasn’t been a change in the site.

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  • Griffith staff to hold office hours

    The staff of Rep. Morgan Griffith will have “traveling office hours” in three Twin County localities during February.
    The hours are:
    • Hillsville, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-noon, Carroll County Administration Building, 601-1 Pine Street.
    • Independence, Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-noon, Grayson County Administration Building board room, Suite 206, 129 Davis St.
    • Galax, Feb. 27, 2-4 p.m., Galax Municipal Building,
    111 E. Main Street.

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  • Two supervisors ready to trash garbage tax

    Two members of the Grayson County Board of Supervisors have come up with a proposed plan to eliminate the trash fee and save the taxpayers money.
    Board chairman David Sexton, the at-large member, and John Brewer, the Providence District supervisor, unveiled the plan last week during an interview with a Channel 10-television reporter.

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  • Supervisors scrutinize trash collection fee, ordinance

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors attracted a standing room only crowd at a continued meeting and work session Jan. 19 at the Courthouse.
    Citizens were interested in the fate of the trash collection fee that has been charged for the past several months.
    Newly elected chairman David Sexton thanked everyone for coming but said no public comments would be taken at the meeting.
    “If and when we conduct a public meeting concerning the solid waste disposal ordinance we will give everyone the opportunity to speak,” Sexton said.

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  • Business counselor begins work in Grayson

    New business services are now available to Grayson County residents who may have a desire to start their own business or would like to improve and expand their current small business, the Blue Ridge Crossroads Small Business Development Center announced Thursday.
    Roy Swanner was appointed Jan. 3 as Grayson’s Small Business Counselor. He will be available and seeking out residents of Grayson who may have an interest in becoming small business owners, but do not know how to get started.  

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  • Supervisors to review solid waste ordinance

    Supervisors will begin a review of Grayson County’s controversial solid waste ordinance enacted in 2009.
    The fee – which currently mandates citizens pay a $3 weekly fee to receive trash collection – has been a highly debated topic since it was first put into place.
    Citizens have argued that trash services were included in their taxes and that the fee was just another way for the county to raise taxes without increasing the levy.
    With three new supervisors on the board this year, the ordinance has come back to the forefront of discussion.

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  • Grayson holds photo contest

    Entries are being received for the “Top 100 Images of Grayson County” photography contest, sponsored by the Grayson County Department of Planning and Community Development.
    Contest is open to any person with digital images of Grayson County. Photos will be used in developing a new Grayson Web site and marketing initiatives for Grayson County tourism.
    Of particular interest are images that capture nature, people, local events, musical heritage and popular Grayson attractions.

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  • Grayson approves Oracle permit

    An 18-month legal battle appears to be over in Grayson County following approval of a special use permit for the Oracle Institute on Tuesday night.
    The tone Tuesday night was completely opposite of that at a public hearing held 18 months ago in the same courtroom, where an estimated 175 people turned out in June 2010 and most speakers opposed Oracle’s application to build a non-denominational spiritual center on its property in the Wilson District.

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