Catawba NewsLocal news for Catawba, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Va. budget excludes money for mental site - roanoke.com- March 14, 2008 "I'm very disappointed to hear that" Twenty-five beds at a state mental hospital in Roanoke County will continue to sit empty as the region copes with a space shortage in psychiatric treatment facilities. via Roanoke Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/catawba-va/2008/03/va-budget-excludes-money-for-mental-site-roan... Roanoke Co. says tax will help schools- March 12, 2008 "We cannot do all four with a tax decrease. ... I would say I'd rather see the schools renovated than a 1-cent decrease in the tax rate. I know some taxpayers won't like that." Roanoke County supervisors and school board members Tuesday reached a tentative agreement to proceed with plans to renovate -- or possibly replace -- at least two of the county's deteriorating elementary ... via Roanoke Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/catawba-va/2008/03/roanoke-co-says-tax-will-help-schools?fromrss... Roanoke Co. administrator Hodge is retiring - roanoke.com- March 6, 2008 "I got a chance to work with the staff, to watch how they worked and to really see the needs we would have through the upcoming years" Roanoke County Administrator Elmer Hodge, who has led the locality through a 22-year span of growth and urbanization, announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of June. via Roanoke Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/catawba-va/2008/03/roanoke-co-administrator-hodge-is-retiring-ro... |