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Pittsylvania County, County Schools, and RiverStreet Networks Commit to Expanding Internet Coverage

Pittsylvania County, County Schools and RiverStreet Networks starting fiber-to-the-home project for 11,985 unserved locations; County, Schools Commit $16.5 Million to Project. With MOU, parties agree to sign continue expanding coverage throughout county.

Redistricting Process Underway

As required by the Virginia Constitution, Pittsylvania County is in the midst of the redistricting process. This is the redrawing of election district boundaries based on the most recent census data. After a months-long process of developing multiple redi...

Blairs Bridge Officially Renamed after the Late William Pritchett, First Black Supervisor in County

Many officials and community members gathered Wednesday morning to officially rename and dedicate the 29 Business North Bridge in Blairs as the William H. Pritchett Memorial Bridge. The late William Pritchett was the first Black person on the Board of Sup...

Pittsylvania County Statement on Blue Ridge Rock Festival

Pittsylvania County staff and many other regulating agencies worked tirelessly with Purpose Driven Events over the past several months to review plans for the Blue Ridge Rock Festival, which ran from September 9-12. As the first event of this scale in Pit...

PittCo Happenings - Music Festivals

Jonathan Slye, CEO of Purpose Driven Events, talks about three upcoming music festivals - Worship at the Mountain, the Blue Ridge Rock Festival, and the Blue Ridge Country Festival - at the Blue Ridge Ampitheater.

ARPA Funds

Pittsylvania County was allocated approximately $11.7 million in federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). So far the county has approved allocations for fire and rescue and premium pay for employees, and other uses are being considered.

Pittsylvania County Supports Cool Branch Agencies

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors recently showed its support for Cool Branch Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad by pledging to match all private donations made to the agencies between July 1 and September 30, 2021, up to $230,000.

Board of Supervisors August Recap

The Board of Supervisors held a busy afternoon and evening of meetings on Tuesday. Some of the highlights included:  

Approved Premium Pay for County Employees and Fire and Rescue Allocations with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds&...

08-17-2021 Water Extension Policy Review Presentation

Pittsylvania County Successful in Economic Development in 2021

Pittsylvania County Economic Development is off to a great start for 2021! Four projects have already been announced this year. These projects total $63.8 million in new capital investments in our community and 168 new jobs. The projects announced so far ...

Staunton River Plastics Breaks Ground on New Facility in Hurt

Staunton River Plastics broke ground on a new 250,000-square foot facility in Hurt on Wednesday morning alongside of many state and local officials and community leaders. This will be the first project in the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park.

Wanted Persons

Help the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office by looking through some of the people who are wanted in our area. If you have any information about any of these people you should either call the Sheriff's Office at 432-7931 or Crime Stoppers at 800-791-0044

State of the Region Update

Pittsylvania County Administrator David Smitherman and Board Chairman Bob Warren joined leaders from the City of Danville for the annual "state of the region" to discuss how our area has made great strides despite the pandemic.