News
How IW could increase its Norfolk water usage
Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final part in a series examining the 15th anniversary of Isle ...
Top Stories
News
IWCS backs plan for new Windsor library
Isle of Wight County Schools is on board with plans to build a new Windsor library adjacent to ...
News
Surry votes 3-2 to move car tax due date to June 5
Surry County supervisors voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to approve an alternate plan for twice-a-year tax billing, though ...
News
EDA talks opposing increased buffers for industrial zoning
Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority is planning to oppose proposed changes to the county’s zoning ordinance ...
News
Smithfield-based PAC backs four for Town Council
A Smithfield-based group backing four Town Council candidates has registered with the state as an official political action ...
More Stories
Read more in...
Polls
Loading ...
More Stories
News
Opt-in or opt-out? IW School Board splits 3-2 over student surveys
After six months of discussion, Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted 3-2 on Sept. 19 to readopt ...
News
Dwindling groundwater precludes exiting Norfolk deal
Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series examining the 15th anniversary of Isle of Wight ...
News
SHS Packers celebrate homecoming
Smithfield High School’s varsity Packers returned in triumph to their home field on Oct. 4, defeating the York ...
News
Surry man charged in drive-by shooting
A Surry County man faces multiple charges in connection with what James City County Police are calling a ...
News
Council candidates respond: Did the Town Council make the right decision in February by voting to set a real estate tax rate of 16 cents per $100 in assessed value, up from the 14-cent rate set eight months earlier? Why or why not?
The Smithfield Times will be taking a different approach to Smithfield Town Council candidate questionnaires this year. Rather ...
News
Promontory, St. Luke’s developments could reach Planning Commission by early 2025
Smithfield’s Planning Commission could, by early next year, get its first look at “The Promontory,” a mixed-use development ...
News
IWCS adds attendance incentive to exam policy
Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted unanimously on Sept. 19 to adopt changes to its end-of-course exam ...
News
Isle of Wight, Smithfield set to vote this month on roundabout funding
Isle of Wight County supervisors and Smithfield’s Town Council plan to vote within two weeks of each other ...
News
Fiddlin’ Pig brings British cuisine, culture to Smithfield
The old-fashioned phone booth Isle of Wight, England, gifted in 1986 to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, has ...
News
What we know – and don’t – about Virginia’s new school ranking system
Administrators say it’s hard to predict at this point how Virginia’s new accreditation process set to begin at ...
More Stories
News
Red Point Taphouse given 30 days to hook to town water or seek waiver
The loose asphalt millings that form the parking lot at Red Point Taphouse can stay, but within a ...
News
SHS Choraliers move Christmas concert to Christ Episcopal
Smithfield High School’s Choraliers recently held their first rehearsal at Christ Episcopal Church ahead of their annual Christmas ...
News
Town Council defers voting on sale of Smithfield Times building
Smithfield’s Town Council has indefinitely deferred voting on a contract that would sell the Smithfield Times building for ...
News
Stalled Archer’s Meade development sells for $2.8M
For the second time this year, a stalled subdivision in Carrollton has changed hands. Isle of Wight County ...
News
Garage Ministry proposes relocating to Old Stage Highway
The Garage Ministry, which for 14 years has operated out of a garage behind Ringo’s Donuts in Smithfield, ...
News
Revised ‘Air Station’ plans call for larger cold storage warehouse
“Project Air Station,” Isle of Wight County Economic Development’s codename for the first occupant of the Shirley T. ...
News
Windsor linemen helping counties impacted by Helene
Two linemen from Windsor-based Community Electric Cooperative are working more than 240 miles from their hometown to restore ...
News
Thunderstorms cancel Smithfield National Night Out
Smithfield has canceled its National Night Out festivities citing inclement weather. The outdoor event intended to strengthen community-police ...
News
Carroll rebukes supervisors for repeated overturning of Planning Commission
Isle of Wight County supervisors’ 3-2 approval on Sept. 19 of the county’s 11th and largest solar farm ...
News
IW water rate third highest in South Hampton Roads
Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part series examining the 15th anniversary of Isle of Wight ...