Summary
A panel of three circuit court judges from across Virginia cleared the way Monday for the proposal to merge the governments and schools of Alleghany County and Covington to go to voters -- almost certainly during the general election in November.
After a morning hearing in Covington City Hall, Judges Brett Geisler of Radford, Jane Marum Roush of Fairfax County and Kenneth Melvin of Portsmouth found unanimously that the county and city are eligible to consolidate into what would become the sprawling, 450- square-mile city of Alleghany Highlands if voters approve.See the full content of this document
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Judges Approve Merger for Ballot
No one argued during the hearing that the governments were ineligible to form a new city that would have a total population of about 22,211 residents.
About a dozen people attended,...See the full content of this document
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