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The majority of the Amherst County Board of Supervisors is leaning against a 2-percentage-point increase to the county’s meals tax as a potential revenue source in the upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget, a measure county staff estimates could bring in as much as $550,000 annually. Supervisors have discussed the possible tax following recent state legislation that opened up meal taxes as a way to create revenue for counties. The county’s current meals tax is 4%. Supervisor Claudia Tucker...

Amherst County officials are working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to open the back side of the county’s landfill in Madison Heights, a measure that will expand the land’s capacity for as long as two years. County Administrator Dean Rodgers said during the Amherst County Board of Supervisors’ Feb. 16 meeting the move gives the county more flexibility in preparing for a transition to a new transfer center on the landfill’s site on Kentmoor Farm Road in...

Winners, recipients are here and i thought maybe we should -- what do you think? we should introduce them. what do you think? lets do that. william swinson. thank you. [applause] ronald shera. thank you. [applause] thank you, ronald. walter marm. hi, walter. [applause] robert foley. thank you. [applause] brian thacker. [applause] thank you very much. florent broberg. thank you. [applause] david belavia. [applause]

Its like old family week, huh? a marine i like a lot. that we all know, we all love you. doing a fantastic job, four-star general, john kelly. stand up. [applause] and thank you as well to congresswoman julia brownley for being with us. thank you very much. [applause] we are especially thankful to be joined by five previous medal of honor recipients. donald ballard, harvey barnham, please stand. roger donland, thomas kelly and brian thacker. [applause]

Army chief of staff, general mark milly. mark, thank you. commander of special operations, command general, raymond thomas. thank you, raymond. and sergeant major of the army, daniel daly. thank you very much. thank you very much. i also want to recognize representative gerald connelly and representative dan newhouse. thank you very much for being here. appreciate it. we are privileged to have among us five former recipients of the congressional medal of honor, benny atkins, harvey barnum, gary ...

Mark, thank you. commander of special operations, commands general raymond thomas. thank you, raymond. and sergeant major of the army daniel daily. thank you very much. thank you very much. i also want to recognize representative gerald connolly and representative dan new house. thank you very much for being here. appreciate it. we are privileged to have among us five former recipients of the congressional medal of honor, benny atkins, harvey barnum, gary bikerk. grober and brian thacker. thank ...

Control teammate, who is still recovering from a recent severe injury. jack, thank you for your noble service, thank you very much. we appreciate it. thank you, thank you jack. [applause] looks like youre doing well. doing well? good, thank you, jack. finally, we salute the five congressional medal of honor recipients who join us, woody williams, harvey barnham, eld ward buyers, brian thacker and brent slobinske. please stand. [applause]buyers, brian thacker slobinske. please stand. [applause]ye...

I know! i know! when did brian move back in? brians back? he doesnt get my room. hes only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40s. >> shepard: more on the new subpoena issued in new york state today. accord together associated press. for michael cohen. the presidents former fixer and lawyer in connection with a probe of the trump founda...

Souza, johns friend and combat control teammate, who is still recovering from a recent severe injury. jack, thank you for your noble service. thank you very much, we appreciate it. thank you. thank you, jack. appreciate it. it looks like youre doing well. doing well? good. thank you, jack. finally, we salute the five congressional medal of honor recipients who join us. woody williams, harvey barnham, edward byers, brian thacker and britt slabinski. please stand. please. brave people. three month...

Coming together, we can fight any battle and face any challenge. may god bless the united states of america and all of the american heroes we honor today and may god bless, also, those who still stand at the ready and may give us the wisdom to do what is right for tomorrow. thank you, were honored to be the host veteran service organization. thank you very much. [applaus [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honorable david j shulkin, secretary of veterans affairs. [applause]. >...