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Sowden, Curro named all-state in soccer

A recent Smithfield High School graduate and rising senior each made the Virginia High School League’s Class 4 ...

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Ferry to operate at reduced service

Starting July 8, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Jamestown-Scotland Ferry will operate under a new schedule and reduced ...

Opinion

Column – After push by Ruritans, electricity came to IW in 1939

As country living goes, I was privileged growing up because I didn’t have to use an outhouse — ...

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Opinion

Column – Trust on Town Council broken long before ‘leak’

Amid their outrage over the “leak” that wasn’t, three Smithfield Town Council members lamented broken trust within the ...

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Smithfield High alum named president of family physicians academy

Dr. Morris Brown III, a physician and 1983 graduate of Smithfield High School, was recently named president of ...

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Essay contest winner meets her idol

Olivia Johnston, who’s essay on 2005 Governor’s School for the Arts graduate-turned-Broadway star Adrienne Warren won this year’s ...

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Surry School Board surveys public on superintendent qualifications

Surry County’s School Board is soliciting community input on qualifications for the division’s next superintendent. The School Board, ...

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Garrison Drive near Windsor to close for bridge work

Beginning June 25, Virginia Department of Transportation crews will close a portion of Garrison Drive, also known as ...

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VDH warns of weekend heat wave

It’s going to be hot this weekend. The Virginia Department of Health is warning of a prolonged heat ...

Opinion

Column -Few things stand test of time like snapping turtles

One of our first four-legged visitors in the spring of 1975, a couple of months after we moved ...

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