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The deal, valued at $303 million, will add Essex’s $1.7 billion in total assets and 24 branches to United’s $27 billion and current network of 223 branches.

Community Bankers is the parent company of Essex Bank, With this acquisition, United Bank will have $29 billion in assets and will rank as the 38th largest U.S. bank, based on market capitalization. United Bank is already the largest community bank based in the D.C. region. This is at least the 33rd acquisition United Bank has made, including recent acquisitions of Cardinal Bank, Bank of Georgetown and Virginia Commerce Bank. With the addition of Community Bankers Trust, it will have 250 branch...

Close In this file photo, Saltillo Police Chief Grant Bailey shows off the plaque he received on behalf of the department for their efforts to notify citizens of weather and road conditions during the February ice storm in North Mississippi. Bailey will resign from the police department at the end of the month, bringing to an end a career with the Saltillo Police Department that stretched more than two decades. Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM//

Utah’s Salt Lake City metro area is a contender for having one of the hottest emerging housing markets in the West. Its big competitor is Idaho, where out-of-state homebuyers are leaving big cities in search of cheaper homes with more space.

SALTILLO • A recent surge in vandalism and theft has prompted the city of Saltillo to look at upgrading and expanding the security cameras at two large parks. The city recently sent out requests for bids to install new cameras with higher resolution and infrared capabilities at Saltillo City Park and the W.K. Webb Sportsplex. Officials hope to have the new cameras installed by this summer. The city first installed cameras at the two complexes in the spring of 2017 following a spree of vand...

SALTILLO • Affidavit ballots trimmed Copey Grantham’s thin lead over two-term incumbent Rex Smith Wednesday afternoon, but they did not stop him from effectively winning Saltillo’s mayoral election. With only six absentee ballots outstanding, Grantham’s 13 vote lead makes his victory mathematically certain as it currently stands. Saltillo City Clerk Mary Parker has refused to call the election, however, on the advice of the Secretary of State’s office. “Because ...

SALTILLO • Voters will decide who they want to lead the city of Saltillo —  two-term incumbent mayor Rex Smith or first-term alderman Copey Grantham — when they go to the polls next Tuesday.  The voters will also pare down the list of 14 candidates vying to sit on the citys board of aldermen down to just five who will serve until 2025. Since all candidates qualified as Republicans, all of the races will be decided in Tuesdays primary. There will be no run-offs. Both mayoral...

SALTILLO • The Saltillo community commended its police department with a short reception Thursday to recognize its efforts during the recent ice storm. Police Chief Grant Bailey took to social media and the radio in mid-February to give citizens daily updates about road conditions and reminding people to stay off the roads if at all possible. Tanya Mayo, who works with Lee County 911, saw firsthand the impact of the department’s efforts and organized a reception to thank officers. â�...

Waging Peace “We’ll meet again. Don’t know where. Don’t know when….” Namaste By Mickie Lynn on February 4, 2021 at 8:15 AM  As most readers already know, the Times Union has decided to end the presence of non staff-produced blogs on this website. This is our last message to you on the TU platform and we depart with love and gratitude.  Namaste. Women Against War began blogging here in August of 2009.  It’s been good to share our many perspectives and our messa...