Blacksburg Police Department

10/19/2026

09/25/2026

Congratulations to Sgt. Greg Holland for receiving the Public Service Award this morning from Solicitor Barry Barnett. Sgt. Holland has spent over 40 years in Public Service with EMS and Law Enforcement. Blacksburg Police Department thanks you for your dedicated service to our community.

08/30/2026

Today our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Officer DeLong and the Columbia Police Department.

07/04/2026

Blacksburg Police Department wishing you all a Happy and safe July 4th. God Bless America!

05/25/2026

Today we remember all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we have today.

05/12/2026

Please keep the family of DJ Keller and Greenwood Police Department in your prayers through this difficult and tragic time.

04/17/2026

Blacksburg PD sends Congratulations to Michelle Dawson for receiving the Directors Award for your dedication to Cherokee County E911

04/17/2026

We had the honor to recognize all of our 911 dispatchers yesterday with a small gift during National Telecommunications Week. We recognize you for all you do you are a valuable part of of our team. Our worst days are just another day at work for these folks who often go unrecognized for all they do.

04/17/2026

SC Forestry Commission to issue statewide burning ban; restriction on all outdoor burning goes into effect at 7 a.m. Friday

COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 a.m. Friday, April 17.

A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires and other recreational fires in all unincorporated areas of the state.

Forestry Commission officials cite a particularly dangerous mix of elevated wildfire risk factors through the weekend that warrant limiting all ignitions in the interest of public safety.

Rapidly escalating drought conditions across the state, a critical decrease in relative humidities over the next several days and gusty winds that are expected to accompany an approaching cold front will combine to create extreme fire danger.

"When it’s this dry – energy release component values are at high-to-critical levels – we’re just as likely, if not more, to see wildfires that are fuel-driven rather than wind-driven. Add the other volatile conditions of increased wind and lower relative humidity, and it becomes an especially precarious situation,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. "These conditions not only increase the likelihood of wildfires igniting easily and spreading rapidly, but would also make them more difficult for firefighters to control.”

While the ban does not apply to fires used for the preparation of food or fires used in appropriate enclosures (portable outdoor fireplaces, chimineas or permanent fire pits constructed of stone, masonry, metal or other noncombustible material that conforms with all applicable South Carolina fire codes), Forestry Commission officials urge the utmost caution burning outdoors under these exemptions.

Likewise, citizens should exercise extreme vigilance operating any equipment that could create sparks, avoid parking on dry grass and refrain from using fireworks.

The ban will stay in effect until further notice, which will come in the form of an official announcement from the Forestry Commission.

Shareable release:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advisory-StateForestersBurningBan-20260416.pdf