the United Meth­odist Church grapples with a conservative movement from some churches to dissociate from the Holston Con­ference, a local affili­ated church has decided to join the movement. In a news release is­sued Monday, Holston View United Methodist Church announced its intention to join what they call “a new tra­ditional Methodist de­nomination,” known as the Global Methodist Church. Following delays […]

Weber City officials are delighted that the state’s transportation department plans to ad­dress its proposed Proj­ect Pipeline initiative at a special public meeting next month. Council member Greg Smith previously told the board about a plan under consider­ation by the Virginia Department of Trans­portation that would limit access on numer­ous roads within Weber City’s town limits. At last Tuesday’s meeting, […]

At the last Weber City Town Council meeting, the council entered into closed session to discuss hazardous duty supple­ment for their police de­partment, an issue that the department brought to their attention at pre­vious meetings and one that they believe is nec­essary. Officers of the We­ber City Police Depart­ment are members of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) as is re­quired […]