Census Bureau seeks to recruit 200 in Alleghany County

The U.S. Census Bureau will be recruiting a number of field workers regionally, including an unspecified number in Alleghany County.

Gambill is new director of food closet

When business proprietor LeAnn Gambill closed The Olde Tyme General Store last March, she didn’t expect to find herself working outside volunteer efforts she has most recently been affiliated with.

Authority expected to name site soon

Members of the Virginia/Carolina Water Authority approved recent bid contracts for construction of a water line between Sparta and Independence, Va.

Christmas With Washington

Several students took part in a play portraying some of the Revolutionary War actions of Gen. George Washington at Piney Creek School on Dec.19.