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Spring has sprung at the Scott County Ca­reer and Technical Center as they near opening day for their annual flower sale. According to school principal Greg Ervin, the greenhouses are bursting at the seams with amazing plants as the flowers are just begin­ning to bloom and are almost ready to go. Their opening day is planned for Saturday, April 13, […]

At last Tuesday’s meeting of the Gate City Town Council, the board discussed the town’s theater project and plans to hold a pub­lic hearing next month to consider donating the structure to Gate City Frontier. They also held several public hearings this month to revise zoning ordinances and approved their fiscal year 2025 budget calen­dar. The meeting began at 6:30 […]

A reported sewage overflow issue recently reported to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality about the Town of Gate City might not be a cause for alarm. That advice is from Willard Keene, the Water Compliance Manager for the Abingdon office of DEQ. Keene explained that an overflow of sewage at a municipal plant occurs and is generally due to […]

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., […]

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 […]