Blairs News

A water line project for Whispering Pines and Inman roads got the green light, while an attempt to put Sunday beer and wine sales on the November ballot came up dry during the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors regular meeting Monday night.

Shortly after the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's office sent out a news release saying a man wanted in Hanover County had been seen in Blairs and Danville, Danville Police officers picked him up.

The Animal Welfare League of Pittsylvania County would like to see improvements at the county's animal-control facility.

A Pittsylvania County family is cleaning up after their home became the scene of a car wreck Thursday afternoon.

Members of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors aim to meet with a local animal-welfare group to discuss ways to improve conditions at the county's animal shelter.

Danville police, in cooperation with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Enforcement Division, has charged 10 people with selling alcohol to minors at local convenience stores after conducting underage buys since February.

Shoppers had to be fast - and early - to bag some of the fresh produce Saturday at the opening day of the Farmers' Market in Danville.

Years ago, Jimmy Farlow started looking for ways to achieve maximum energy efficiency in a retirement community he hopes to build someday behind his family's restaurant, Mary's Diner.

A local organization plans to roll out a petition Wednesday night demanding that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors impose a ban on uranium mining.

A Pittsylvania County supervisor hopes state and federal agencies will look into elevated lead levels at home wells near Coles Hill, where Virginia Uranium Inc.

Tow-truck operators revamped their skills this past weekend to learn safer and more efficient ways to hook up wrecked vehicles.

What's the difference between this year's economic stimulus and all the government money the Dan River Region and its people have received over the years? Government money is still our money, and if the federal government borrows to pay for today's spending, does it really matter who brought that bacon down from Washington? Of course not.

March 12, 2009 Danville Pittsylvania Chamber offers refunds for gift certificates The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce will issue refunds to anyone who purchased the organization's gift ...

Beth Ann Miller and Timothy Paul Hewitt were married July 19, 2008, in a double-ring ceremony performed by Pastor Bruce Miller and Pastor Eric May at Chestnut Level Baptist Church in Blairs, Va.

A project to drive customers to shop at local businesses has gone belly-up. The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and chambers throughout the country discovered late last week that CertifiChecks ...

Uranium mining and milling is one of the biggest issues facing Pittsylvania County's political leaders.

Firefighters are battling a blaze off Henry Drive off Kentuck Road. The fire was about 5 acres in size around 1 p.m. Fire departments from Ringgold, Kentuck, Keeling, Blairs and Laurel Grove are on the scene.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors nixed a uranium mining study commission from its agenda Feb.

The leader of a local group opposing uranium mining blasted the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors on Monday night after the board voted not to discuss a uranium-mining study commission listed on its ...

A brush fire that ignited Monday afternoon burned a three-mile stretch of land along train tracks from U.S. 29 Business to Twin Arch Drive, according to Mike Elliott, captain of the Blairs Volunteer Fire ...