Posts by Tim Walker

They also voted on revisions to their Mandatory Solid Waste Regulations.

Although primary elections seldom produce stunning results, yesterday’s Pocahontas County Primary did in two local, but very important elections, the County commission Primary and in the Board of Education election.

“Please know we are going back to the drawing board,” said Sims. “We are going to start over.”

Two candidates were nominated, Morgan McComb and Andrew (Frosty) McNabb.

Citing the possibility of resolving it much quicker by simply sending the letter, Jarrell convinced the commissioners to approve sending the letter to Mon Power making the demands and giving them one week to comply, or we will take additional legal steps.

Williams said these realignments of staffing will not cause anyone to lose their job but will replace unneeded positions with needed ones while staying within budget.

As a sad late addition to this, it was just learned that Dr. Sue Hollandsworth passed away from her illness on April 12th. On Saturday, April 18th from 6 pm to 8 pm, there will a visitation at the McNeel Gymnasium at the Hillsboro Elementary School, where she had served as Principal for many years.  There will also be a service for her at 2 pm on Sunday, April 19th at The Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro.

Mike Holstine stated that he is “disappointed” in the efforts of our attorney in pressuring First Energy to make their poles ready.

That is a new gravel and bikepacking network with more than 60 curated gravel trails and roads which spans eight counties for experiences ranging from family friendly gravel bike rides to intense multi-day gravel bikepacking trips.

He was picked because of his 22 years of experience working for the Prince William County, Virginia Water and Sewer Department.

And so, Allegheny Disposal was invited to the table as a partner, recommended by the state. they said ‘Guys get in a room and beat it out.’ And we have. And there has been a lot of public meetings, and there’s been a lot of conversation, and people could have been at any of those.

The 60 residents present made very loud shouts and comments not just during the public hearing about the setting of future Green Box fees or during the regular public comment period, but the loud remarks continued throughout the meeting as the members worked through the items on their agenda. The authorized public comments alone took over an hour to be heard.