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The smell wasn’t immediately apparent, but as the wind changed, it drifted in — a sour, distasteful stench that Mountain Hill residents say permeates their homes and has caused headaches,
A half century-long battle in southeast Pittsylvania County is just warming up.
A group of Ringgold residents has raised concerns in recent months about the operating procedures of the First Piedmont Corporation landfill, but they say they have received little support of their efforts from the Pittsylvania County government. The Coalition For a Clean Dan River Region re-formed in recent months â after existing by other names and being led by different people in the past â and has spoken out about what its members call a lack of oversight for the landfill and the odors and possible safety and environmental threats it produces. The group is hitting a roadblock, t...