February 13, 2009

Powhatan eager to get federal stimulus funds
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

POWHATAN—The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors is vowing to take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus package, pushing...


February 12, 2009

Goochland utilities collection $8,901 short
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Goochland County has collected all but $8,901 of the $197,224 in utility checks the county failed to deposit during the past six years. Randy Fralin says...


February 11, 2009

Hearings set for accused Powhatan accessories
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Preliminary hearings will be May 26 for three of the five people charged with being an accessory after the fact in the killing of a popular Powhatan High...


February 10, 2009

Amelia court hearing delayed

Preliminary hearings are postponed for three people facing charges related to the slaying of Powhatan High School student Tahliek Taliaferro.

Trio faces court hearing in Amelia County

Three people facing charges related to the June slaying of a Powhatan youth are to appear in an Amelia County court today.


February 09, 2009

Counties have plans for stimulus money
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Three central Virginia localities are preparing a list of projects they would like to see built with some of the billions from President Barack Obama’s...


February 06, 2009

Athletic fields cleared for play
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

In response to concerns about methane emissions from the landfill beneath Goochland County’s Hidden Rock Park athletic fields, an engineering firm...


February 05, 2009

School Board discusses cuts
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

The Powhatan County School Board is dropping a request for equipment and jobs and considering reducing bus runs and contracting out custodial services...

Board reconsiders, rejects land sale
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors has opted not to sell a piece of county property to a developer that wanted to put a chain drugstore in the heart...


February 04, 2009

Former Farm Bureau lawyer gets 15 years

A former Virginia Farm Bureau lawyer will spend 15 years in prison for stealing at least $2 million from the organization from 1996 through last summer....

Third reactor at North Anna nuclear power plant debated

About 100 people turned out last night to argue for and against plans to build a third nuclear reactor at Louisa County’s North Anna Power Station....

Former Farm Bureau lawyer gets 15 years

A former Virginia Farm Bureau lawyer will spend 15 years in prison for stealing at least $2 million from the organization from 1996 through last summer....


February 03, 2009

No Confidence

First, an audit reported that some $200,000 in checks written to Goochland’s utilities department had not been deposited but had gathered dust in...

Property assessments up slightly
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

This year’s assessed property values in Goochland County are up 3 percent, but the average home value is down. That’s in line with other area...

Man, 54, found guilty of murder
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

A Powhatan County man was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the Aug. 29 shooting death of his brother-in-law. Circuit...

County hopes to run water line to U.S. 60 section
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

What U.S. 60 means to Cumberland County is just about everything. The road is the major thoroughfare for the county and, for county leaders, one of the...


January 31, 2009

Capital One disputes huge bill for water
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Capital One Financial Corp. wants to know why Goochland County billed it for 23 million gallons of water during a two-month period last year when it used...


January 30, 2009

Park’s users upset about methane risk
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Goochland County’s youth soccer league might not play at Hidden Rock Park this year because of concerns about methane coming from a landfill beneath...


January 29, 2009

Embattled administrator will step down
Embattled administrator will step down By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Amid controversy, Goochland County Administrator Gregory K. Wolfrey has announced he will resign effective Sunday. The announcement came yesterday afternoon...

Driver is injured in crash that closed eastbound I-64

One person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle collision that shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 in Louisa County for several hours yesterday....

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