2023-07-05 E-Edition

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The Gate City cheerleaders lead the crowd in a rousing cheer in honor of Independence Day at Saturday’s Red, White & Blue Bash in Gate City. Many visitors were all decked out in patriotic colors to show their allegiance to their country.

BOS Eliminates Member Pay Increase in Revised FY24 Budget

Supervisors made a few changes last minute changes to their FY24 budget at last week’s adjourned meeting in­cluding removing a pro­jected pay increase for the board itself. The two members of the budget committee, Mike Brickey (District 4) and Stefanie Cruby Addington (At-Large), included an increase in the monthly salary paid to board members based on an informal straw poll […]

School Board Closes FY23 Budget, Approves Board Raises



School officials closed out their FY23 Fis­cal Year budget last Thursday and voted to give the incoming board members a pay raise. Meeting June 29 in the school board office at 6:30 p.m., five of the six members of the Scott County School Board, David Templeton, Steve Sallee, Bill Houseright, Gail McConnell and Robin Hood, were joined by Superintendent John […]

Natural Tunnel Offers State’s First Colorblind Viewfinder


Imagine you are un­able to discern the dif­ferences between cer­tain types of color and you live in an area that explodes into a variety of colorful hues each season. According to the Howard Hughes Medi­cal Institute, approxi­mately 4.5 percent of the world’s population (350 million) suffer from the ailment also known as color vision deficiency. Most have difficulty distinguishing between […]

Weber City Approves Budget With New Trash Fees



In a special meet­ing held last Thursday to approve their bud­get just in time for the July 1 deadline, the We­ber City Town Council unanimously approved their recently discussed budget changes. Mayor Chris Powers, Town Attorney Mike Carrico and council members Justin Add­ington, Eileen Deck­ard, Derek Pearcy, Te­resa Tilson and Zachary Salyer were all in at­tendance at the June 29 […]

ARC Grant to Aid ASD’s Forest Farming Partnership

An Appalachian Re­gional Commission planning grant pro­vided to Virginia Tech and its two partners – Appalachian Sustain­able Development in Duffield and Mill Creek Creative in Floyd – will help jumpstart a plan to accelerate Appalachia’s forest farming industry and grow the market for non-timber forest prod­ucts in Central Appala­chia. The project is funded by $490,647 in federal funding to VT […]

GC’s Red, White & Blue Bash

Hiltons July 4th Event

Community Outreach

The Hiltons Fire Department in cooperation with Hiltons Commu­nity Outreach and Hiltons area churches held a special July 4th event on Sunday. The event included free food, giveaways and fireworks.