By Taylor Boyd Residents voiced their opinions on the future of Patrick County during a March 10 Planning Commission public ...

Wood Brothers Racing Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team showed flashes of the speed they’ve carried in ...

By Taylor Boyd The Patrick County Board of Supervisors approved the proposed solar facility ordinance with a 3-1 vote at a March 9 meeting. Chairman Andrew Overby, of the Dan River District; ...

By Taylor Boyd The Patrick County Board of Supervisors held the line on the real estate tax rate at its March 9 meeting. The rate for the upcoming fiscal year will not exceed 73 cents per $100 of ...

Ferrum College’s Patrick Corrigan was named the 2025-2026 All-Conference Carolinas Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year in the Panthers’ first year competing in the league and NCAA Division II. After ...

February revenues grew 4.1 percent compared to the previous February, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced last week. On a ...

Congressman Morgan Griffith’s Ninth District staff will be available locally on March 25. Staff will be in Henry County from 10 – 11:30 a.m., in the Henry County Administration Building, Summerlin ...

By Beverly Belcher Woody In every community there are men and women whose lives quietly span great chapters of history. Such was the life of James Robert Moorefield, remembered in Patrick County as a ...

By Taylor Boyd As warmer spring weather approaches, Bernie, the eastern box turtle who serves as animal ambassador at Fairy Stone State Park, may soon be waking from his winter brumation in a new ...

Robert Donnelly, “Bob” to all who knew him, has gone home to be with his heavenly father and to be reunited with his two sons, Caleb and Gideon, who preceded him. Born May 9, 1951, to the late Viola ...

Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” Mitchell Brown, age 80 of Spencer, VA passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at her home.  She was born in Henry County to the late Simpson J. Mitchell and Irene Wood ...

Mrs. Margaret Pyles Noonkester, age 74 of Ararat, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 9, 2026, at Novant Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem surrounded by her loving family.  Mrs.