Mike Gangloff

Lindsay Rich narrowly lost last year's school board election, then applied to be a substitute teacher. She was interviewed and trained but the school board did not approve her hiring.

Seven-term Congressman Morgan Griffith lives 1.2 miles outside the district he represents and challenger Karen Baker says he doesn't show enough connection to his constituents.

FLOYD — Democrat Karen Baker said that she’s running for Congress because she thinks the 9th District deserves more respect from its elected representative, who Baker said is rarely in the district and does little for it.

Zoning decisions could allow 88 townhomes and parking at 750 Leesville Road in an area designated mostly for institutional use.

Supervisor Sara Bohn may be rebuked for missing too many meetings. Supervisors also plan to vote on renewing an agreement for a joint tourism program operated with Christiansburg and Blacksburg.

It seems likely to be a fraught decision — two years of bickering followed council's last battle over leadership roles.

The private Rivermont group teaches K-12 students with autism.

Supervisors are scheduled to vote on both matters.

A vote on a new hate speech policy comes seven months after the school board’s one Black member highlighted student reports that the N-word was used frequently in the county’s schools.