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POWHATAN – The Powhatan skyline recently saw a big change with the construction of two 400-foot telecommunications towers that represent a significant step forward in the county’s new land mobile radio system.

One steel tower was constructed last week in the 1700 block of Cook Road, and another tower was built the week before that in the 2000 block of Anderson Highway. There is still construction work to be done on the towers and the land mobile radio (LMR) equipment has to be installed on them and then tested and certified, which is another lengthy process, said Tom Nolan, director of public safety communications…