1function GetPreview61(){document.write(`<div class="col-12"> 2<div class="cus-default-menu-bar py-2" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted#dedede;"> 3<div class="text-uppercase fw-bold px-0 cus-130-label "> 4<span class="cus-default-menu "><a href="index61.htm" class="text-dark text-center">Carroll County News</a></span> 5</div> 6</div> 7<div class="row pb-2" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 8 9<div class="col-lg-5 col-sm-12 col-md-5"> 10<div class="col-12 mt-2"> 11<a href="carroll-county-strengthens-dam-oversight-p18279-61.htm"> 12<div class="ratio-3-2 rounded"> 13<div class="img-content"> 14<img class="img-fluid lazy loaded my-4 rounded " src="/articles-2026-09-22-15-53-53-107.jpg" data-src="/articles-2026-09-22-15-53-53-107.jpg" alt="Carroll County strengthens dam oversight" data-was-processed="true"> 15</div> 16</div> 17</a> 18</div> 19<div class="col-12 col-8 mt-2"> 20<h3 class="col-12 h6 line-2 text-dark line-2 "> 21<a href="carroll-county-strengthens-dam-oversight-p18279-61.htm" class=" text-dark fs-5 fw-bold text-red-hover">Carroll County strengthens dam oversight</a> 22</h3> 23<time class="col-12 fs-6 "><i class="fa fa-calendar me-2 " aria-hidden="true"></i>September 22, 2026, 10:30 AM</time> 24<div class="fs-6 line-5 mb-3 mt-1">The Carroll County Board of Supervisors heard sharp criticism Monday over the Aug. 2 failure of a dam at Olde Mill Golf Course that reportedly released 150 million gallons of water. Malcolm Smith told the board the county learned of the breach only after he contacted the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. He faulted the county for not responding more proactively. County officials replied that dam safety regulation and enforcement fall under DCR jurisdiction, not local government. Emergency services mobilized after notification. Supervisors said they will begin annual contacts with dam owners to confirm emergency action plans are current and will work more closely with DCR on compliance. <script type="text/javascript">AdGroup16();</script> In other action, the board unanimously approved an ordinance amendment setting the lodging tax rate at 12%. It also passed a resolution adjusting tax relief for qualifying personal vehicles for the 2026 tax year. The board also unanimously appropriated \$539,695 from the Capital Improvement Plan fund to buy two new ambulances for Carroll EMS. </div> 25</div> 26</div> 27<div class="col-lg-7 col-sm-12 col-md-7 pb-2" style="border-left: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 28 29<div class="row" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 30<div class="col-4 mt-2"> 31<a href="hillsville-mayor-facing-challengers-p18151-61.htm"> 32<div class="ratio-3-2 rounded"> 33<div class="img-content"> 34<img class="img-fluid lazy loaded my-4 rounded " src="/articles-2026-09-10-13-09-30-791.jpg" data-src="/articles-2026-09-10-13-09-30-791.jpg" alt="Hillsville mayor facing challengers" data-was-processed="true"> 35</div> 36</div> 37</a> 38</div> 39<div class="col-8 col-8 mt-2"> 40<h3 class="col-12 h6 line-2 text-dark line-2 "> 41<a href="hillsville-mayor-facing-challengers-p18151-61.htm" class=" text-dark fs-5 fw-bold text-red-hover ">Hillsville mayor facing challengers</a> 42</h3> 43<time class="col-12 fs-6 "><i class="fa fa-calendar me-2 " aria-hidden="true"></i>September 13, 2026, 10:30 AM</time> 44<div class="fs-6 line-2 mb-3 mt-1">Incumbent Hillsville Mayor Gregory Crowder faces two challengers in the mayoral race, Katie Horton and Andrew Kaufman. Barry Jessup is running unopposed for the Sulphur Springs District seat. Fellow incumbent Greg Yonce is unopposed in the Laurel Fork District. All voters will have three proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. The first amendment asks “Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) protect the freedom to make personal decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care; (ii) protect doctors, nurses, and patients from being punished for these decisions; and (iii) allow for restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive?” <script type="text/javascript">AdGroup16();</script> The second amendment question asks “Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) remove the ban on same-sex marriage; (ii) affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race; and (iii) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law?” The third proposed amendment asks “Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, (ii) to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and (iii) to update the existing prohibition on voting b
44y persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting?” All Carroll County voters will also cast ballots for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. In the Senate race, incumbent Sen. Mark Warner is being challenged by Republican Bert Mizusawa. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith faces a challenge from Democrat Joy Powers in the House race. Election Day is Nov. 3</div> 45</div> 46</div> 47 48<div class="row" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 49<div class="col-4 mt-2"> 50<a href="backstories-celebrates-first-star-of-country-music-p18114-61.htm"> 51<div class="ratio-3-2 rounded"> 52<div class="img-content"> 53<img class="img-fluid lazy loaded my-4 rounded " src="/articles-2026-09-09-12-39-40-225.jpg" data-src="/articles-2026-09-09-12-39-40-225.jpg" alt="Backstories celebrates first star of country music" data-was-processed="true"> 54</div> 55</div> 56</a> 57</div> 58<div class="col-8 col-8 mt-2"> 59<h3 class="col-12 h6 line-2 text-dark line-2 "> 60<a href="backstories-celebrates-first-star-of-country-music-p18114-61.htm" class=" text-dark fs-5 fw-bold text-red-hover ">Backstories celebrates first star of country music</a> 61</h3> 62<time class="col-12 fs-6 "><i class="fa fa-calendar me-2 " aria-hidden="true"></i>September 9, 2026, 10:30 AM</time> 63<div class="fs-6 line-2 mb-3 mt-1">Ted Olson and Jack Hinshelwood will lead a celebration of Vernon Dalhart from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the indoor theater at the Blue Ridge Music Center. Tickets are \$15. Dalhart. A prolific musician in the 1920s and ’30s, Dalhart recorded the first country album to sell a million copies – a two-sided 78 RPM disc featuring “Wreck of the Old ’97” and “The Prisoner’s Song” that is enshrined today in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Doc Watson are just a few of the many artists who have covered songs first recorded by Dalhart, yet he remains relatively unknown today. <script type="text/javascript">AdGroup16();</script> This program features live performance and storytelling as well as historic videos, recordings, and photographs commemorating Dalhart’s influential career. Music historian Dr. Ted Olson shares the story of Dalhart’s diverse recordings, reflects on the impact of his repertoire in today’s country, bluegrass, Americana, folk, and rock genres, and discusses the reasons for the star’s relative obscurity today. Multi-instrumentalist Hinshelwood provides the live soundtrack for the program, rendering faithful versions of Dalhart classics like “Wreck of the Old ’97,” “Home On The Range,” “Jesse James,” “The Big Rock Candy Mountains” and other traditional songs that formed the core repertoire of early country music. The evening also includes a performance from the Jack Hinshelwood Trio that takes the audience on a guided tour across the American musical landscape, from centuries-old ballads to modern popular music, from Stephen Foster and Louis Armstrong to Burt Bacharach, Doc Watson and Bob Dylan. Hinshelwood, along with mandolinist Scott Freeman and bassist Sam West, weaves a rich musical tapestry of bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, blues and western swing. Backstories: The Stories Behind the Music explores stories about the musicians, instruments, and culture that shape Appalachian musician traditions. The series includes concerts, storytelling, book readings, and demonstrations that bring to life these compelling stories.</div> 64</div> 65</div> 66 67<div class="row" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 68<div class="col-4 mt-2"> 69<a href="music-and-book-reading-planned-at-music-center-p18113-61.htm"> 70<div class="ratio-3-2 rounded"> 71<div class="img-content"> 72<img class="img-fluid lazy loaded my-4 rounded " src="/articles-2026-09-09-12-38-26-567.jpg" data-src="/articles-2026-09-09-12-38-26-567.jpg" alt="Music and book reading planned at music center" data-was-processed="true"> 73</div> 74</div> 75</a> 76</div> 77<div class="col-8 col-8 mt-2"> 78<h3 class="col-12 h6 line-2 text-dark line-2 "> 79<a href="music-and-book-reading-planned-at-music-center-p18113-61.htm" class=" text-dark fs-5 fw-bold text-red-hover ">Music and book reading planned at music center</a> 80</h3> 81<time class="col-12 fs-6 "><i class="fa fa-calendar me-2 " aria-hidden="true"></i>September 9, 2026, 10:30 AM</time> 82<div class="fs-6 line-2 mb-3 mt-1"> The Blue Ridge Music Center will host Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music from noon to 3 p.m. on Sept. 12. The free event celebrates the more than 50-year career of Alice Gerrard, who has has learned from and performed with many of the old-time and bluegrass greats, and has in turn earned worldwide respect for her own important contributions to the genre. Known for her groundbreaking collaboration with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s, the duo produced four classic Hazel & Alice LPs on Rounder and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings that influenced scores of young women singers. <script type="text/javascript">AdGroup16();</script> In this special Backstories presentation, Gerrar will read from her recently published memoir, Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music , and tell stories about her encounters with several notable and local musicians. Interspersed with the readings, Kay Justice will join Gerrrad to sing and play music. Justice lives in Wytheville and has been singing and playing guitar since the mid 1960s. She has a special fondness for traditional Ap
82palachian music and has a long recording career including four recordings with Ginny Hawker, one with Gerrard (Tear Down the Fences) and a solo recording (Hickory Wind) . Backstories: The Stories Behind the Music explores stories about the musicians, instruments, and culture that shape Appalachian musician traditions. The series includes concerts, storytelling, book readings, and demonstrations that bring to life these compelling stories.</div> 83</div> 84</div> 85 86<div class="row" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #dedede;"> 87<div class="col-4 mt-2"> 88<a href="police-probe-fatal-crash-p18075-61.htm"> 89<div class="ratio-3-2 rounded"> 90<div class="img-content"> 91<img class="img-fluid lazy loaded my-4 rounded " src="/articles-2026-09-04-15-07-36-957.jpg" data-src="/articles-2026-09-04-15-07-36-957.jpg" alt="Police probe fatal crash" data-was-processed="true"> 92</div> 93</div> 94</a> 95</div> 96<div class="col-8 col-8 mt-2"> 97<h3 class="col-12 h6 line-2 text-dark line-2 "> 98<a href="police-probe-fatal-crash-p18075-61.htm" class=" text-dark fs-5 fw-bold text-red-hover ">Police probe fatal crash</a> 99</h3> 100<time class="col-12 fs-6 "><i class="fa fa-calendar me-2 " aria-hidden="true"></i>September 6, 2026, 10:30 AM</time> 101<div class="fs-6 line-2 mb-3 mt-1"> Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 6;45 a.m. on Route 620 (Lambsburg Road ) in Carroll County. A 2015 Nissan Ultima was travelling northbound on Route 620, near the intersection with the on and off ramps to Interstate 77, when the Altima crossed the center line and struck a Peterbilt tractor trailer head-on. The driver of the Altima, Peyton C. Ray, 18, of Eagle Springs, North Carolina, suffered serious injuries and was transported to an area hospital. Ray later succumbed to those injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured. <script type="text/javascript">AdGroup16();</script> </div> 102</div> 103</div> 104 105</div> 106</div> 107</div>`);}
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