Surry News

Residents within 10 miles of the Surry Power Station will hear a siren warning test on Dec.

The Surry County Planning Commission meets tonight to decide what could be the future of a massive coal-fired energy plant in the center of Dendron, a tiny town in the county with an industrial background that dates back to the early 1900s.

The Virginia Department of Transportation encourages motorists to avoid driving if at all possible.

The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry connecting James City County with Surry is not running.

Loading... Video: Barge threatens pier. 1 of 6 A stranded barge along the Sandbridge area creeps closer to a pier just hundreds of yards away on Friday, Nov.

Urbannaa TMs Virginia Street was filled with onlookers at the 52nd annual Oyster Festival Firemana TMs Parade on Friday night.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor In a state race heavily weighted to the Republican side, Democrat incumbent Del.

Election signs dot Route 10 today outside the Mount Nebo Baptist Church polling place in Surry County.

Here are the trick-or-treat times: Isle of Wight has a 5-8 p.m. limit on trick-or-treating for children 12 and under.

This weekend, students from the College of William and Mary traveled to northern Virginia for the regional Power Shift Conference.

Candidates for the 64th District Virginia House of Delegates tackled questions on a proposed coal-fired power plant, transportation and taxes during a candidate forum Thursday.

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 rivers in coastal Virginia, a new study concludes.

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.

A fugitive whom police tracked back and forth from Richmond to Surry County in recent days was apprehended in Surry and charged in the fatal shootings of two Petersburg men last weekend in Hopewell.

A proposed $6 billion coal-fired power plant in Surry County will add "significant, illegal" amounts of mercury and other toxins into the Chesapeake Bay , according to a Chesapeake Bay Foundation report.

All but 2 percent of Virginia 's public elementary and secondary schools are fully accredited this year, meeting student performance targets for achievement on state reading, math, social studies and science tests.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Staff Writer DENDRON - The Dendron Town Council voted Monday to let the Surry County Planning Commission review the application for a proposed power plant, and some opponents reacted as if the construction itself had been approved.

With all the traffic in Hampton Roads, sometimes you need some tranquility. After a short drive into the country, ferry boats await at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry Terminals.

It was recently stated that members of Surry's Board of Supervisors were visionaries when it came to the decision to allow a nuclear power plant to be built in our county in the early 1970s.

Albert Burckard is challenging incumbent Del. Bill Barlow to build support for light rail, but he doesna t want to actually win.