ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Isle of Wight supervisors enact target shooting restrictions
After debating the matter for nearly a year, Isle of Wight County supervisors enacted new restrictions on target shooting Thursday, Feb. 15. The new firearms ...
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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Rountree retools task force proposal
Isle of Wight County Supervisor Renee Rountree has retooled her proposal for a “growth management” task force charged with evaluating the county’s readiness for a ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, February 12, 2024 8:53 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
End of an era: Smithfield Foods discontinues Genuine Smithfield Ham
Smithfield Foods has stopped producing the brand-name Genuine Smithfield Hams that have become synonymous with the company’s namesake town. “We have decided to discontinue production ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 9, 2024 2:15 pm
Isle of Wight County
Moratorium, ‘sunset clause’ on housing developments illegal, attorneys say
Virginia localities can’t legally cap the number of applications for new housing developments they’ll consider, nor rescind the rezoning approval of a development that hasn’t ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 9, 2024 1:57 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Isle of Wight County, despite school deficit, ends prior fiscal year with surplus
Isle of Wight County, despite its school system’s deficit, ended its 2022-23 fiscal year with a surplus. That’s according to the annual financial report Chief ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 6:12 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Accused in Carrsville slaying to argue insanity
An expected insanity defense has delayed the trial of a Suffolk man accused of killing a Carrsville resident. Mark Honaker, 74, was arrested and charged ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 8:55 am
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Field of Dreams Gymnastics looks to rebuild following fire
Fourteen hours before the fire that destroyed a warehouse in Isle of Wight County’s industrial park off Benns Church Boulevard, 11-year-old Mackenzie Hess was inside ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:20 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Weldon Cooper estimates 2% growth in IWCS enrollment through 2029
The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center projects Isle of Wight County Schools’ enrollment will remain relatively flat over the next five years, in stark ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, January 31, 2024 7:04 pm
VIRGINIA
State could overrule counties that reject solar farms under proposed law
A pair of General Assembly bills, one in the House of Delegates and the other in the Senate, propose allowing the state to overrule county-level ...
by Stephen Faleski, Sunday, January 28, 2024 12:28 am
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Moonlight solar farm on hold
An application for a new 44-megawatt solar farm in Isle of Wight County proposed for 523 acres at Burwells Bay and Moonlight roads is on ...