Giles County Schools Prepares to Start its 7th Year of Summer Feeding Giles County Public Schools is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program. FREE meals will be provided to all children through age 18 at the following locations: Narrows High School (11:30am-1:00pm), Monday thru Friday, June 10-August 15 (closed week of July 1) (menu posted on SBO website) (adults can...
Read MoreRaffle tickets are available for a Walther PPS 9mm pistol with 2 magazines as a fund raiser for the County Curesaders Relay for Life team. Tickets are $1 each and can be purchased at the County Administration Office at 315 N. Main Street, Pearisburg, VA. The winner must be legally eligible to possess a handgun. The drawing will occur at...
Read More[caption id="attachment_26431" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Come out & pie people in the face on 5-31-19 at 1pm to raise funds for the Giles Relay for Life.[/caption] In an effort to raise money for Relay for Life, the County Curesaders team is hosting a Pie Throwing opportunity. Anyone interested in bidding to throw a pie at the participants listed below, please send your...
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Pearis Cemetery-A Short Stroll on the AT Written by Teresa Fletcher I’ve had a few people tell me that they’d love to go on a hike on the Appalachian Trail, but they just don’t think they can climb a mountain. I always reply to this that I know just the place for them to go. The Pearis Cemetery trailhead is located at...
Read MoreAngels Rest creates hiker heaven By Su Clauson-Wicker Special to The Roanoke Times - May 5, 2019 PEARISBURG — Chiropractor Pippa Chapman bought her 7-acre wooded home site behind Pearisburg’s Food Lion Plaza so she could have privacy. But on a Tuesday in late April, it’s anything but private. Visitors have set up five tents and a hammock in her backyard. Three RVs stand...
Read More[caption id="attachment_26405" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] New River Valley Regional Commission, Draper Mercantile, Roanoke, Portrait, Event Photographer, 5.11.16, mattrossphotography.com[/caption] A whole summer of music and jams at Kairos! Join us to enjoy local old-time, bluegrass, and string music on the porch at Ed's Place. Bring your own instruments to join in a group jam session following our host band's performance (or just hang...
Read MoreNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Giles County Public Service Authority, pursuant to Virginia Code 15.2-5136(G), hereby gives notice to all users of its systems or facilities, the owners, tenants or occupants of property served hereby, and all other interested parties may be heard at a public hearing to be held on June 20, 2019 at 6pm or as soon thereafter as...
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Kick-started by a Virginia Main Street grant awarded to the Town of Narrows, the Communities of the New River Valley, program aims to foster cooperation among and coordinate marketing of our local communities and beyond. Starting with the five towns of Giles County, communities along the New River are pursuing designation as “Communities of the New”, granting them access to...
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RICHMOND, VA. -- The Virginia Green program will present the Virginia Green Travel Star Award to nineteen (19) Virginia tourism operations for their outstanding commitments to sustainability and contributions to green tourism at the 6th annual Virginia Green Travel Conference and Travel Star Awards Celebration. Five additional tourism businesses will be recognized and receive the Virginia Green Travel Leader Award,...
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Giles County is Virginia’s Mountain Playground™. It is also the place to play, stay, love, and enjoy and that is just what will be showcased at the second Giles Community Film Screening Night on April 26th. Many film and productions crews have found Giles to be a special place to work including feature films like Dirty Dancing, and Wish You...
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