The Lancaster County Board of Supervisors is continuing work on the budget and one item under review is a pay raise for supervisors. According to the Rappahannock Record salaries were last raised in 2000 to $500 per month for regular members and $550 per month for the chairman. The 67% increase for regular board members … Read more
1st District Congressman Rob Wittman announces he is endorsing Hillary Pugh Kent for 67th District Delegate. Wittman said he has worked with Kent on various local initiatives for almost two decades and knows her to be a conscientious and effective ambassador devoting countless hours to her community, county and this region that encompasses the 67th … Read more
Gloucester County’s Emergency Management Department is seeking the public’s input to understand how to best provide assistance during an impending storm or other emergency situation. The department has created an online survey accessible at gloucesterva.info that takes just a few minutes to complete. This is for planning purposes only and is not a guarantee for … Read more
Governor Glenn Youngkin names Dr. Karen Shelton as the next State Health Commissioner. Dr. Shelton is returning to public health after leading Virginia’s Mount Rogers Health District for over five years. During her final year with the Virginia Department of Health, she provided steady leadership to three health districts across the Commonwealth, becoming an expert … Read more
The Virginia Health Department implements new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. It now allows individuals who are at higher risk for severe illness to receive an optional additional dose of the bivalent Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The 2 vaccines will be given on a simplified administration schedule. Novavax … Read more
Unemployment in Virginia was unchanged in March at 3.2%. It’s still below the national rate of 3.5%. According to Bureau of Labor and Statistics there’s more than 4.52 million people in Virginia’s labor force-the most ever since first recorded in 1976. The labor force participation rate has increased to 65.9% in March which is higher … Read more
Budget talks continued during Tuesday’s meeting of the Gloucester Board of Supervisors in the colonial courthouse. Originally the board was scheduled to adopt its Fiscal Year 2024 budget during that meeting, but instead changed the agenda item to budget discussions, including additional revenue for an investigator position within the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Darrell Warren … Read more
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) has once again tabled action on reaching an agreement with Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) on selling HRSD approximately one half acre of land on St. Clare Walker Middle School (SCW) property at Locust Hill. At the board’s recent meeting (April 10), MCSB cited concerns of how to control … Read more
A teen driver has now been cited for causing a big rig to run off a Saluda road last week. A tractor trailer overturned after it collided with a car that had made an improper turn from Gloucester Road onto southbound U.S. Route 17, according to an update from he Gloucester Office of the Virginia … Read more
A crash at the parking lot beside the post office at 880 Gloucester Rd on Monday damaged propert. VDOT announced a vehicle crashed into a power pole, knocking it over and sending live wires into the roadway. Only one vehicle was involved in the accident. The cause of the crash hasn’t yet been disclosed, and … Read more