Galax News

A Galax man has been charged with possession of child pornography after officers searched his home.

Bob McDonnell steamrolled Creigh Deeds in Tuesday's gubernatorial election as part of a dominating night for Republican candidates who prevailed in the other two statewide races and gained seats to increase the party's majority in the House of Delegates.

Galax Middle School students get a kick out of seeing their friends stand in front of the green screen, as they watch them take a "trip" on a computer monitor to Hollywood or China, using chroma key techniques and special software during a podcasting Focus class.

On a cool Saturday morning in April, more than 53 years ago, history was made for one young pilot and witnessed by only one other pair of eyes at the old Galax airport.

Reader Comments: More News headlines NOV. 3, 2009 ELECTION RESULTS UPDATED: In Grayson County, candidates for the Wilson District seat on the Board of Supervisors were statistically tied, with incumbent Republican Mike Maynard only four votes ahead of Democratic challenger Kate Irwin.

Dozens of locals who are feeling the heavy blow of the economy have been sleeping overnight on Mondays in the cold air at the front steps of Rooftop of Virginia, hoping to be one of 10 clients each week to acquire emergency assistance funds to pay rent, water or electric bills or purchase fuel to heat their home.

Students at Elliston Lafayette Elementary School, Shawsville Elementary School and Christiansburg Primary School received vaccines against H1N1 this week.

The new after-school program at Woodlawn will use all available school and community resources to help students progress academically and have some fun, too.

After seeing the proposed increases in the Carroll Public Service Authority's rates, Hillsville officials wondered why the county found the town's prices so unaffordable back when they considered combining forces on public utilities.

Details remain to be ironed out in the public sewer cooperation between Galax and Carroll County, as the Woodlawn sewer system gets ready to come online.

Raising the hairs on the back of your neck is not the typical way a community action agency raises funds.

Carroll County officials joined with the Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority and the Crossroads Small Business Development Center in cutting a ribbon for David and Sherry Cornett, who represent the areaa s 500th created or saved job when they purchased the Window World franchise in Galax.

Galax residents voiced both their support and opposition for the mural being painted on the Jeff Matthews Museum during a Galax City Council meeting on Monday, before city council decided to move forward with a redesigned version of the painting.

Local schools are planning to offer vaccinations for the H1N1 virus beginning this week.

A decline in revenue for property tax and vehicle license fees has Galax officials considering bringing back automotive sticker decals, according to Keith Barker, acting city manager.

A Blessing of the Animals Service will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 9441 Grayson Parkway , Galax.

A Fries pastor and the Galax Downtown Association are now on the same page when it comes to Christmas parade rules.

Picking up on the Pumpkin Festival where we left off last week, Saturday begins with a beauty contest and then, good to its name, it's pumpkins galore ... a best pumpkin pie contest, best pumpkin recipe contest, and pumpkin pie eating contest.

The Galax Downtown Association still proudly uses the word "Christmas" to describe its annual December parade, not the controversially generic "holiday" or "winter." The parade - with the theme "Music, Memories and Miracles" - welcomes churches to enter floats and even has a category for best religious float.

The easternmost stop on the Crooked Road Trail is Rocky Mount, Va. From Interstate 81, merge onto US-220 south at Exit 143.