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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A truck sales company will lease a facility
in Floyd County that will disassemble trucks, recondition the parts
and sell them.

The Arrow Truck Sales says the facility -- run by its Dex division -- will hire 25 workers. Arrow Truck Sales is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Governor Tim Kaine said in a statement that Dex is a good fit for the area, with more automotive-related companies locating in the New River Valley region.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Daily Times) – Farmers and other Somerset County residents turned out in Princess Anne last night to learn more about a proposed ethanol plant that could create 50 jobs as well as provide a new market for local corn. The company called Chesapeake Renewable Energy LLC, gave the presentation. It proposes to build a plant on a 257-acre farm located off Route 13.
According to a company spokesman, the plant would be expected to generate as much as $1 million a year in personal property taxes for the area and create 50 or more new high-paying jobs per year.

SALISBURY, MD (WMDT) – A Salisbury teen is behind bars for making a bottle bomb, then detonating it inside a newspaper delivery box on Eastwicke drive in Salisbury.

Police say 18-year-old Charles Williams and a 17-year old are facing charges. Police believe a neighborhood dispute sparked the incident. Williams turned himself into deputy state fire marshals on Monday without incident.

HARBESON, DE (WBOC) – Dry weather on Delmarva could mean lost crops for farmers - and it may become a big problem, especially with harvest season on the way.

While a lot of rain in the fields is not as essential during this phase of growth, it's still a necessary ingredient for good-tasting corn. As a result, one local farmer says the corn is "shutting down" early due to the drought - which is frustrating for farmers who have worked all year on their crops.

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) – A company planning to build an ethanol
plant in southern Somerset County expects to create 50 jobs and generate up to one million dollars a year in property taxes.

Representatives of Chesapeake Renewable Energy met last night with local residents to discuss details of the proposal.

The plant would be built on the Alexander Farm near Route 13.

The company says more of the corn used to make the ethanol would be shipped to the plant from the Midwest -- because most local corn is already sold to the poultry industry.