News
IWCS honors Anderson and Blough as Students of the Month
The Isle of Wight County School Board recently recognized its Seniors of the Month for December: Jaley Anderson ...
Top Stories
News
A home for the holidays: Coastal RV donates camper to family displaced by Helene
A western North Carolina family displaced by Hurricane Helene received an early and desperately needed Christmas gift this ...
News
Surry Planning Commission splits 5-4 on advancing Sycamore Cross solar farm
It took two votes on Dec. 16 for Surry County’s Planning Commission to arrive at its 5-4 decision ...
News
Surry planners recommend 7% cap on solar acreage
Surry County’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend adoption of zoning ordinance amendments that would further restrict the ...
News
Federal officers descend on Foursquare Road home; property owner arrested on weapons charge
An Isle of Wight County man faces a federal weapons charge after authorities swarmed his home on Foursquare ...
More Stories
Read more in...
Polls
Loading ...
More Stories
News
Rountree charge from campaign sign theft dismissed after community service
It’s been just under a year since Renee Rountree sat in Isle of Wight County’s General District courtroom ...
News
Council approves reducing size of Mallory Pointe roundabout
Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on Dec. 3 to approve reducing the size of the Mallory Pointe development’s ...
News
Dec. 11: Photographer chronicles Riverside Smithfield Hospital construction
Smithfield photographer Joe Lupton is chronicling the construction of Riverside Smithfield Hospital. His weekly updates will be featured ...
News
Town planners weigh in on Carollo plan for former Luter lots
Smithfield’s Planning Commission gave an informal nod to developer Vincent Carollo’s conceptual plan for just over an acre ...
News
Surry supervisors vote 3-2 on ethics code that allows censure of leakers
Surry County’s Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Dec. 5 to adopt revisions to its code of ethics ...
News
More than 600 in Smithfield, Carrollton without power
More than 600 Dominion Energy customers are without power as of 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 11. According to ...
News
Planners deadlock over Red Point Taphouse’s requested town water waiver
Smithfield’s Planning Commission deadlocked on Dec. 10 over Red Point Taphouse’s request for a special use permit that ...
News
Despite lower attendance 2024 Isle of Wight Fair turns a profit
Though attendance was lower than last year, the 2024 Isle of Wight County Fair still turned a profit. ...
News
Surry approves more tax relief for the elderly, disabled
Surry County supervisors have raised the income threshold for elderly and disabled residents to qualify for a tax ...
News
Gallery – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … in Smithfield
The first weekend in December marked “Christmas in Smithfield,” an annual two-day event that includes tours of the ...
More Stories
News
Smithfield hosts ribbon-cutting for DMV
Local and state officials held a belated ribbon-cutting for Smithfield’s new Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office on ...
News
Isle of Wight School Board approves contract for high school track repairs
Isle of Wight County’s School Board is hoping to cut costs by awarding piecemeal contracts to multiple vendors ...
News
Surry has new plan for opioid funds
Surry County is pursuing a backup plan for its share of opioid settlement money following the state’s denial ...
News
Smithfield agrees to 11.8% share of Turner roundabout cost
Smithfield has agreed to pay just over $900,000, or 11.8%, toward building a single-lane roundabout on Turner Drive ...
News
WH Group shareholders approve Smithfield Foods first-in-decade U.S. stock listing
WH Group shareholders overwhelmingly approved Smithfield Foods’ Hong Kong-based parent company’s plans to take the world’s largest pork ...
News
Cypress Creek Bridge traffic to reverse after Christmas Parade
The flow of traffic on the Cypress Creek Bridge will reverse direction for 90 minutes following the conclusion ...
News
Coastal RV donating camper, soliciting supplies for family displaced by Helene
Coastal RV of Carrollton will donate a camper to a displaced western North Carolina family impacted by Hurricane ...
News
Town opts to stay out of Cypress Creek dispute
Smithfield’s town government will for now stay out of an ongoing dispute between the Cypress Creek Homeowners Association ...
News
Carollo plan for former Luter lots calls for 10 homes, up from eight
Developer Vincent Carollo has a new conceptual plan for 1.5 acres at Washington, James and Clay streets, one ...
News
15% of Shirley T. Holland park’s third phase buildable, county says
Of the more than 960 acres Isle of Wight County purchased in 2013 for a third phase of ...