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Smithfield sees first snow since 2022
After two consecutive snowless winters, Isle of Wight and Surry County broke the dry spell Sunday night with ...
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Will lawmakers revive efforts to overrule counties that reject solar farms?
Virginia’s General Assembly could make another attempt at changing how renewable energy projects, and specifically solar farms, are ...
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NSU professor with Smithfield ties remembered for political acumen
A longtime Norfolk State University political science professor who died at age 78 on Christmas Eve had deep ...
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Bowman proposes forgiving Smithfield Recreation Association debt with interest from Luter funds
The $6 million the town of Smithfield returned to former Smithfield Foods Chairman and philanthropist Joseph Luter III ...
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IWCS will remain closed on Tuesday, Jan. 7
All schools and offices of Isle of Wight County Schools will remain closed Tuesday, Jan. 7, and all ...
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Foursquare Road suspect in largest-ever FBI seizure of homemade explosives granted $25,000 bond
A federal judge set a $25,000 bond for an Isle of Wight County man facing a federal weapons ...
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Lyft offering free sober rides home to Hampton Roads drivers New Year’s Eve, Day
Drive Safe Hampton Roads, a coalition of public and private organizations with the mission of improving roadway safety ...
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Generations of Christmas joy: Murrays’ yuletide display has evolved over the decades
During the spring and summer months, passing drivers might not pay much attention to Albert and Margaret Murray’s ...
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Jan. 28 hearing set for revived Windsor multi-warehouse proposal
Eleven months after recommending rejection of the Tidewater Logistics Center multi-warehouse complex proposed for the outskirts of Windsor, ...
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Smithfield Foods further reduces hog production footprint ahead of planned stock listing
Another hog-farming operation affiliated with Smithfield Foods will become an independent entity, further reducing the world’s largest pork ...
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A hands-on superintendent: Cramer helps drywall central office ahead of Jan. 13 move-in
Isle of Wight County Schools Superintendent Theo Cramer is living proof that the choice between pursuing college or ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Smithfield’s Lego elected Rotary district governor in 2027-28
By Brandy Centolanza Contributing writer For the first time in more than four decades, a Smithfield resident ...
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SHS wrestlers place in King of Beasts tournament
The Smithfield High School varsity wrestling team traveled to Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach on Dec. 14 ...
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January opening of Carrollton Publix unconfirmed
An Isle of Wight County resident who recently inquired about an opening date for the new Publix on ...
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Surry planners weigh in on battery storage developer’s requested ordinance change
Surry County’s full Planning Commission received its first look on Dec. 16 at a proposed zoning ordinance text ...
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Gallery – Smithfield Christmas Parade shortened but still festive
Smithfield’s annual Christmas parade was shorter but no less festive on account of the ongoing rehabilitation of the ...
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Longtime Kiwanian named 2024 Citizen of the Year
When Rotary Club President Larry Saint and the club’s sergeant-at-arms, Dale Steffensmeier, stopped by Wesley Brown’s house on ...
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Three charged in Dec. 14 Jersey Park shooting
Police say a dispute between residents at Smithfield’s Jersey Park Apartments led to a weekend shooting that injured ...
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Isle of Wight Academy teacher facing child pornography charges
An Isle of Wight Academy teacher has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography. The Isle of Wight ...
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IWCS, after 2022-23 deficit, ends 2023-24 with surplus
A recently completed audit of Isle of Wight County’s 2023-24 finances shows its school system to have recovered ...