The Scott County School Board met last week Tuesday with a public hearing to discuss preliminary budgets as well as a presentation of 2024–25 salaries and fringe benefits. Meeting at the Scott County Career and Technical Center (SCCTC), those present included Superintendent John Ferguson, Assistant Superintendent Jason Smith, Board Attorney Will Sturgill, and board members David Templeton, Steve Sallee Jr., […]
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School Board Sets 2024 Graduation Dates for May
By LMCCarty | on March 12, 2024
Gabriel EdmundsStaff Writer
Opioid Grant Applications Approved by Board of Supervisors
By LMCCarty | on March 12, 2024
a change in their meeting room to a much smaller location, the crowd was sparse at last week’s meeting of the Scott County Board of Supervisors. It was also the first time the new board held a meeting with one member joining virtually. District 6 Supervisor Chris Maness joined the meeting remotely after an affirmative vote was held to allow […]
Kilgore Reappointed to Virginia Tobacco Commission
By LMCCarty | on March 12, 2024
Last week, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott reappointed Del. Terry Kilgore to a new two-year term on the Virginia Tobacco Commission. Kilgore has served on the tobacco commission since its inception in 1999. While on the commission, he has helped fund broadband for Southwest Virginia, numerous industrial sites and invested in higher education and job training. Because of the Tobacco […]
Virginia Reads One Book Event Kicks Off at Hilton, Yuma Schools
By LMCCarty | on March 05, 2024
Gabriel EdmundsStaff Writer
The Virginia Reads One Book program officially began Monday at Yuma and Hilton Elementary Schools and featured a reenactment of this year’s selected book along with a special reading at each school. Virginia Reads One Book is a program spearheaded by Read To Them, a Richmond-based non-profit that focuses on increasing literacy rates throughout Virginia communities. The program offers resources […]
New AppCAA Program Provides a Chance to Increase Your Tax Refund
By LMCCarty | on March 05, 2024
If you are getting a refund from the Internal Revenue Service this year, then listen up. You have a chance to receive an additional $500 if you meets a few guidelines in a program that aims to teach participants the importance of saving. Appalachian Community Action and Development Agency, Inc. (AppCAA) is offering a new program that will match a […]
AG Opens Anti-Drug Awareness Campaign
By LMCCarty | on March 05, 2024
Six local and state member agencies of the Southwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force are encouraging area residents to take advantage of Virginia’s public, anti-drug awareness initiative “One Pill Can Kill.” The initiative was launched by the Office of the Virginia Attorney General (OAG) and is modeled after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) national campaign. The campaign additionally supports […]
Tickets Still Available for Chamber Annual Dinner
By LMCCarty | on March 05, 2024
The Scott County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner will be held on Friday, March 22, at the Scott County Career and Technical Center located at 387 Broadwater Avenue in Gate City. The event is sponsored by Eastman Credit Union, The Bank of Scott County, Farm Credit, Luttrell Staffing, AEP, Scott County Telephone Cooperative and Food City. Glenn Davis, director of […]
Reading Time
By LMCCarty | on March 05, 2024
Scott County Superintendent John Ferguson takes a break from his schedule to read to three- and four-year-old students enrolled in the Pre-K class at Shoemaker Elementary School.
Major Drug Supplier Captured in Police-Laid Snare
By LMCCarty | on February 27, 2024
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Kingsport, Tenn. man last Friday who is reputed to a major supplier of heroin/fentanyl and cocaine in Southwest Virginia. Local police set a trap in a shopping center parking lot to capture the suspect, which they executed perfectly. According to Scott County Sheriff Jeff Edds, Myron Taylor Pinkston, 33, Kingsport, Tenn. was arrested […]
Blackberry Spring
By LMCCarty | on February 27, 2024
Early signs of spring can be found all over the county including this budding blackberry bush in Wadlow Gap.