The battle over whether a big coal-fired power plant should be built in southeastern Virginia doesn't have just one front.

Let's say your neighbor decides to build a contraption on his property that would shoot dirty air in your direction and contaminate your soil and water.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer DENDRON - The Dendron Town Council approved land-use applications to build a controversial coal-fired power plant during an intense council meeting Monday night.

The Dendron Town Council has approved zoning changes necessary for Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to build what could become Virginia's largest coal-fired power plant.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is urging officials to reject zoning changes necessary for Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to build what could become Virginia's largest coal-fired power plant.

Loading... ODEC says a plant it is proposing outside Dendron would be very similar to the clover power station in Halifax county.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor The Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors wants Surry and Dendron officials to order ODEC to pay for an independent study on the health effects of the proposed coal-fired power plant.

Isle of Wight - The Board of Supervisors is sending letters expressing concern about the potential health and environmental risks of a coal-fired energy plant to leaders in neighboring Dendron and Surry County.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News Editor For some Dendron residents, the proposed coal-fired power plant is seen as a potential economic engine, for others it's a dangerous health and environmental hazard.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer SURRY - A coal plant proposed in Dendron took a big step forward Monday, when the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval for all nine land-use applications.

Police continue to search for two fugitives as part of a major drug bust that led to 22 indictments Thursday.

Heroin - a narcotic more commonly found in urban areas - is making inroads into rural Isle of Wight and Surry counties.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer About 20 years ago, the people of Halifax County and tiny Clover, Va.

Loading... 1 of 3 Students, including Laura Andrew, center, Chris McKenna, right, and Patrick Sherman, left, hold signs during a press conference before the Surry County Planning Commission's public hearing regarding a proposed coal-fired power plant on Monday, Nov.

A proposed coal-fired power plant in Surry County would add "significant and harmful" amounts of mercury and other pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and several river systems in coastal Virginia already suffering from excessive mercury levels, a study released Wednesday concludes.

Loading... 1 of 3 Students, including Laura Andrew, center, Chris McKenna, right, and Patrick Sherman, left, hold signs during a press conference before the Surry County Planning Commission's public hearing regarding a proposed coal-fired power plant on Monday, Nov.

In the far-flung 64th House District, a "nice guy" won. Del. William K. Barlow, in office since 1992, narrowly won re-election Tuesday night, with barely more than 50 percent of the vote.

A small crowd of a few dozen activists turned out Thursday for the first local showing of "Coal Country," a film depicting the downside of mountaintop mining that will soon air on public television.

Three large signs supporting the proposed construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dendron were vandalized overnight Oct.

On a plot of land in Dendron, off of Route 31 in Surry County, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative officials want to build the largest coal-fire power plant in Virginia.A If you drive through the Dendron area, the debate over the Cypress Creek Power Plant is clear.