The Roanoke Times, Va., Mark Taylor: Residents, Non-Residents Grapple With Fee Hikes
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 13--A few months ago a friend who lives in Montana dangled a tempting carrot in front of me.   He invited me to join him in September on a backcountry bow hunt for elk in Western Montana.
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By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jan. 30--Central Hillside residents hoping for relief from new parking meters probably will be disappointed.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 14--One consultant plus two master plans equals the potential for a municipal masterpiece.   Residents and officials of Roanoke city and county should compose their parks and recreation master plans with broad, bold strokes.
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By JEFFREY KELLEY Times-Dispatch Staff Writer  Verizon Virginia's president can't sign up for his company's new TV service at his Chester4field County home yet. But resi4dents in other parts of the Rich4mond metro area can -- and many by the end of the month.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep.
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Only over the past year has the public begun to see physical progress on the Roanoke River flood reduction project, a fact that might frustrate  people who have wanted to see better flood control a lot sooner.
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By Cynthia McCloud, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Sep. 17--COMPANY'S COMING.  I panic when I learn guests are about to drop in unexpectedly -- at best, they call a few minutes ahead, at worst I'm alerted to their impending visit by the crunch of gravel in the driveway.
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RICHMOND, Aug. 22 -- Republican leaders in the Virginia General Assembly said they will introduce a plan Thursday to overhaul the controversial abusive-driving fees by applying them to out-of-state motorists and trying to limit the specific traffic offenses that would trigger them.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 13--KELSO -- Visitors to the Mojave National Preserve could begin paying an entrance fee as soon as next year, said a park ranger at the preserve.
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By Suzanne Sadlier Gerber-troh  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  When endorsing Dominion Power's proposal along I-66, you ignore evidence of corporate greed. Worse, you advocate a short-term fix with severe long-term consequences.  When valuable open land is lost, it's never regained.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--PALMETTO -- Property owners will pay double what they pay now for the city to keep their neighborhood from flooding, if the city commission adopts a new fee schedule at a meeting Monday.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 25--The Pierce County Council isn't the only local government whose leaders are testing the choppy waters of growth-impact fees.
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By John Stamper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Feb.
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By Paul Dellinger paul.dellinger@roanoke.com (276) 228-4752  One four-year regional effort to bring the future of telecommunications technology to the New River Valley may now be obsolete.  And that's mainly because of funding shortages and sore political feelings.
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun.
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By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, Jen Aronoff and Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--LENOIR -- Eugene and Violet Anderson were home last spring when a van pulled up and the mayor, a county commissioner and several others piled out.