ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount birthing center adds new nurse-midwife By STACEY HAIRSTON Dec 25, 2019 Dec 25, 2019 0 Photo by STACEY HAIRSTONNew Life Birth Center in Rocky Mount offers two birthing rooms complete with beds, dressers, rocking chairs, birthing balls and birthing pools. Photo by STACEY HAIRSTON Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By STACEY HAIRSTON By STACEY HAIRSTONkAm}6H {:76 q:CE9 r6?E6C :? #@4<J |@F?E :D 46=63C2E:?8 :ED 7:CDE ?FCD6\>:5H:76 DEF56?E]k^AmkAm|682? q:D9@77[ 2 >:5H:76CJ DEF56?E 7C@> v6@C86E@H? &?:G6CD:EJ $49@@= @7 }FCD:?8 2?5 w62=E9 $EF5:6D[ :D 7C@> r9:428@] p7E6C 7:?:D9:?8 E96 3@@< A@CE:@? @7 96C AC@8C2>[ D96 H2D C6BF:C65 E@ 5@ 92?5D\@?[ 4=:?:42= H@C<] w6C D49@@= D6?E 96C E@ }6H {:76 E@ 4@>A=6E6 96C AC@8C2>]k^AmkAmq:D9@77 DA6?E D:I H66<D 2E E96 46?E6C AC@G:5:?8 AC6?2E2= 42C6 2?5 3:CE9 D6CG:46D 2=@?8D:56 r6CE:7:65 }FCD6\|:5H:76 z2C6? 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Board approves carp comeback at Smith Mountain Lake to eat invasive hydrilla The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission will once again stock sterile grass carp into Smith Mountain Lake this year to combat the invas…
Franklin County wants to raise taxes. Here's where the money would go. Franklin County is considering increases to its real estate tax and meals tax. Here's where the money would go and when a public hearing is scheduled.
Lawsuit against state trooper on behalf of Franklin County girl moves forward The trooper is accused of chasing a motorist who was rushing his critically ill daughter to LewisGale Medical Center.
Smith Mountain Lake State Park lecture series wraps up on Sunday Mel Perry, an interpretive ranger at the park, will highlight how Virginia state parks "keep nature in balance."