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Adam Pace, program leader with the Boys and Girls Club, helps member Kenya Moore calculate the cost of housing in her budget.

When Bruce Cochrane told people he was reopening the Lincolnton, N.C., furniture plant his family had operated for most of the last century, more than 1,300 people applied for jobs - no advertising necessary.

The United Way of Henry County and Martinsville is offering free tax preparation for anyone who lives/works in their area and makes less than $50,000 a year.

Franklin County's jobless rate increased in December 2011 to 6.7 percent from 6.1 in November, according to the Virginia Employment Commission .

Henry County Schools Superintendent Jared Cotton congratulates spelling bee winners Colby Willard , third through fifth-grade champion, and Olivia Jones, first- through second-grade champion.

Fast Track 2012, the annual trade show organized by the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, will be held March 6-7 at The Commonwealth Centre, the former Tultex Corp.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- -- GENEDGE ALLIANCE, in cooperation with The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission , has awarded a grant totaling more than $200,000.00 fund an Innovation Commercialization Project for accelerating high technology top line growth in the region.

A review of economic development data shows that Martinsville-Henry County has lost more jobs than it has gained in recent years, but the data also illustrates several positive trends, according to Mark Heath, president and CEO of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corp.

Henry County Public Safety Director Dale Wagoner on Tuesday proposed adding four new paid/career positions to the county staff to help local rescue squads and residents.

A federal judge's decision to bar officials in an adjoining county from having Christian prayers at public meetings will have no effect - at least right away - on how Henry County and Martinsville officials pray at meetings.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 Above, Sydney Brown of Axton gives her daughter Alaya Penn, 2, a push on a ride Tuesday at J. Frank Wilson Park in Martinsville while enjoying springlike weather in winter.

Parents in some states are opting out of school vaccinations for their children, but that hasn't been much of a problem in Henry County and Martinsville, local officials said.

The Virginia Museum of Natural History is striving for more of a statewide presence, which is why it will hold a major event in Richmond this week.

Vicky Utt , health coordinator; Dr. Gordon Green, director of the West Piedmont Health District; and Beth Holyfield, teen health center nurse, stand in the waiting area of the center at Martinsville High School.

Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, a car accident on Freeway Drive between Vance Street and West Harrison Street left two people with minor injuries and reduced rush-hour traffic on Freeway Drive to one lane.

Courtesy Photo: Carilion Clinic s Life-Guard 10 will be relocated to Westlake as its home base.

Children and their fathers used clay to make relief maps of Virginia on Thursday during a geography lesson in Elizabeth Keatts' first-grade classroom at Patrick Henry Elementary School as part of Shadow Your Child Day.

Actors from the Aquila Theatre Company perform "Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives," a selection of scenes from three Greek tragedies and an epic, Wednesday at Piedmont Arts Association.

President Barack Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Via, a Martinsville native, for a fourth star and appointment to the rank of general.

The city is struggling to provide quality services to residents and businesses due to high unemployment, a population drop, increasing poverty, unfunded mandates and "broken promises from the state legislature," Adkins said.