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Police: Three-vehicle crash outside Windsor involved IW deputy
Virginia State Police say an overnight three-vehicle crash at the outskirts of Windsor involved an Isle of Wight ...
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Red Point Taphouse asks town to foot cost of extending water line
A month after Smithfield’s Town Council voted to deny Red Point Taphouse an exemption from hooking to town ...
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IW supervisors approve hospital water tower
Isle of Wight County supervisors voted unanimously on May 15 to approve construction of a water tower adjacent ...
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No consensus among planners on revising Smithfield density limits
Two months after bringing the matter up, Smithfield’s Planning Commission continued to discuss on May 13 whether to ...
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Riverside’s Brian Shotwell named to IW Planning Commission
Brian Shotwell, who by day is director of facilities at the Riverside Smithfield Hospital set to open in ...
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Surry supervisors adopt $62 million budget
Surry County supervisors voted 3-1 on May 8 to adopt a $62.1 million budget for fiscal 2025-26, which ...
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‘Promontory’ draws mixed Planning Commission reaction, but no vote
One member of Smithfield’s Planning Commission says he isn’t in favor of granting a special use permit that ...
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Extra state funding for IWCS will restore teacher pay scale
Virginia’s budget, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed on May 2, includes $1.2 million in additional state funding for ...
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Smithfield VFD and GEICO host live extraction training
Every second counts when a collision traps an injured driver or passenger inside a car. “The quicker we ...
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Developer: Surry battery site would see less traffic than solar farms
The developer of a battery energy storage system proposed for Surry County says the 12- to 18-month construction ...
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Grand jury indicts former IWA teacher on child porn charges
A grand jury indicted a former Isle of Wight Academy teacher accused of possessing child pornography. Zachary Hinz, ...
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Rite Aid’s latest bankruptcy could close Carrollton pharmacy
Rite Aid is again filing for bankruptcy, and this time plans to close or sell all remaining stores, ...
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More license plate cameras in Smithfield budget
The Smithfield Police Department is looking to purchase six additional cameras that read license plates. Smithfield’s Town Council ...
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Carrollton man accused of possessing nearly 1 million images of child porn
A Carrollton man has been charged with 10 felony counts of possessing child pornography after investigators say they ...
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Gallery – Smithfield hosts ‘Springtime in the Shire’
The Renaissance returned to Smithfield May 3-4 with the reprisal of Harvest Faire, a nonprofit medieval and renaissance ...
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Trial delayed for IW man accused of stockpiling 150 pipe bombs
Brad Spafford, the Isle of Wight County man accused of stockpiling more than 150 pipe bombs, won’t stand ...
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Draft Smithfield budget includes $2M for Luter Sports Complex maintenance building
The town of Smithfield is looking to move forward with plans for a nearly 4,000-square-foot maintenance building at ...
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Wedding venue proposed for Smithfield
A couple is seeking the town’s approval to turn their waterfront home in Smithfield’s Moonefield area into an ...
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Truist Bank robbery suspect accused of multiple heists
The Newport News man charged with robbing the Truist Bank in Smithfield at gunpoint in February is accused ...
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RURALBAND pauses Isle of Wight fiber internet buildout
Prince George Electric Cooperative subsidiary RURALBAND has paused its plans to expand high-speed internet access into northwestern Isle ...
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Smithfield VA Events reaches $2 million milestone
This year’s Wine & Brew Fest marked a milestone for Smithfield VA Events, the nonprofit that organizes it ...
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Surry student’s poem chosen for time capsule in U.K.’s Washington statue
A bronze statue of George Washington that Virginia gifted to the United Kingdom in 1921 was recently removed ...
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Town Council approves fifth short-term rental
Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously to approve the historic district’s fifth short-term rental. Smithfield changed its zoning ordinance ...
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Surry County School Board Vice Chairwoman Laura Ruffin dies at 77
Surry County is mourning the loss of Laura Ruffin, who for more than a decade represented the Claremont ...
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Smithfield Town Council approves ‘Cottages’ in 6-1 vote
Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on May 6 to approve a lower-density version of the Cottages at Battery ...