As a result, the office of Chief of Police in Powhatan will remain vacant until a new candidate qualification period is set and an election date is scheduled.

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Powhatan County has hired a new Fire & Rescue Chief. Powhatan County announced its hire of David “DJ” C. Johnston as the new Fire & Rescue Chief, effective on ...

The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves English adventurer John Smith from execution when British relations with the "savages" in the New World turned sour.