Exhibit 99.2

Contact:          John B. Williamson, III
                  Chairman, President and CEO
Telephone:        (540) 777-3810

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                        SHAREHOLDERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING

ROANOKE, Va. (January 30, 2006)--RGC Resources, Inc.(NASDAQ: RGCO) announces
election of Directors at its shareholders meeting held on January 30, 2006.
Shareholders approved the reelection of Frank T. Ellett, President, Virginia
Truck Center, Inc., Maryellen F. Goodlatte, Attorney with Glenn, Feldmann, Darby
& Goodlatte, and George W. Logan, Chairman of Valley Financial Corporation and
Alliance Logistics Center to the Board of Directors for three-year terms.
Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Brown Edwards and Company L.L.P.
as auditors for 2006.

         At a meeting of the Board of Directors, following the annual
shareholders meeting, John B. Williamson, III was reelected Chairman of the
Board, President and CEO of RGC Resources, Inc. and its subsidiary companies.
The Board of Directors also elected the following senior officers:  John S.
D'Orazio, Vice President and COO of Roanoke Gas Company; Dale P. Moore, Vice
President and Secretary of RGC Resources, Inc. and its subsidiary companies;
Howard T. Lyon, Vice President, Controller and Treasurer of RGC Resources, Inc.
and its subsidiary companies; Jane N. O'Keeffe, Vice President, Human Resources
of RGC Resources, Inc.; Robert L. Wells, II, Vice President, Information
Technology of RGC Resources, Inc.

         RGC Resources, Inc. provides energy and related products and services
to approximately 60,000 customers in Virginia and West Virginia through its
operating subsidiaries including Roanoke Gas Company, Bluefield Gas Company,
Diversified Energy Company, and RGC Ventures of Virginia, Inc.

          From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking statements
relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business
prospects, technological developments, new products, research and development
activities and similar matters. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order to comply
with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors
could cause the Company's actual results and experience to differ materially
from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company's
forward-looking statements.

     RGC Resources, Inc. stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market with the
trading symbol RGCO.

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