PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â From Monday, July 19, through Friday, July 23, Hurt & Proffittâs cultural resources department at is conducting a river-based survey on the Banister River in Pittsylvania County.
The survey is meant to evaluate known archaeological sites and identify previously unrecorded sites. Because of recent erosion, these sites have become generally more visible.
The survey is funded through the Virginia Department of Historic Resources with a grant from the National Park Service. The survey is being done by kayak and entails careful observation and recording, but no digging.
State Archeologist Elizabeth Moore spoke more about the grant.
âThese ones came to us through the National Park Service and theyâre a result of hurricanes Michael and Florence. Theyâre disaster response grant funding that came to us. We received several million dollars to provide archeological survey services, architectural history survey services and grants to individua
PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â Approximately 20,000 more tons of trash have entered Pittsylvania County convenience centers, or waste disposal sites, so far in 2021 than at this point last year, according to Nicholas Morris, Pittsylvania Countyâs assistant director of public works for solid waste. Dealing with all that trash has frustrated citizens and county employees alike.
Some convenience centers in the county are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. But some of the countyâs more frequently-used sites, which have compactors that require full-time employees, are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Keith Motley, who uses the Mt. Hermon Convenience Center at 3575 Franklin Turnpike, which is one of the sites that closes at 8 p.m., told the Star-Tribune he thinks the siteâs hours are inadequate.
PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â With multiple events and festivals planned at the Blue Ridge Amphitheater, formally known as the White Oak Amphitheater, in Blairs, county staff is looking at updating their music festival ordinance for the first time in 30 years.
According to their website, the county is looking to make a âthorough revision to make sure regulations are up-to-dateâ and protect those involved, including surrounding residents, event attendees, county government and event promoters.
During their April 20 meeting, the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted to freeze the acceptance of music festival applications until the code can be revised.
The proposed revisions to the code focus on the following areas: sound and light, fire and EMS, traffic, insurance and bonding and security and crowd control.
PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â Volunteer fire departments responded around 5 p.m. to several fires in wooded areas in Chatham and Blairs.
According to Blairs Volunteer Fire Department Dean Fowler, the fires were present in four separate areas of woods, all near the Norfolk Southern rail lines.
The cause of the fires is undetermined at this time. Fowler said crews will be âbabysittingâ the fire for most of the night, especially in an area off of Tightsqueeze Road where crews are conducting a âback burnâ to stop the spread of the fire.
Several area agencies responded to the fire, including Chatham, Blairs, Climax, Mt. Hermon, Callands and Gretna volunteer fire departments, as well as the Virginia Department of Forestry.
PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â A new partnership between three community service pillars of the Pittsylvania County-Danville area will feed hundreds in southeastern Pittsylvania County, including the communities of Kentuck, Ringgold, Keeling and Sutherlin.
The Chatham Rotary Club, Kentuck Baptist Church and God s Storehouse have entered a revitalized partnership to kick-start food distribution in what they have identified as the neediest area in the county, Chatham Rotarian Alisa Davis told theÂ
Star-Tribune. The whole thing started with the Rotary Club when COVID-19 first hit. We made an emergency food distribution program in April and May to distribute food through the county. The whole county, all four districts, Davis said. This collaboration grew out of that â obviously, the Rotary Club is not a food distribution center.