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Breaking News: Retaining wall hazard is concern
Breaking News: Schools accept Youngkin order on optional masks
Breaking News: New governor releases COVID-19 action plan
Breaking News: Suspect sought; Appy store robbed Saturday evening
Breaking News: County: Two deaths, 612 new cases in one week

Suspect sought; Appy store robbed Saturday evening

January 27, 2022

Police are looking for someone who robbed a store in Appalachia at gunpoint Saturday night. According to the Wise County Sheriff’s Office,...

County: Two deaths, 612 new cases in one week

January 27, 2022

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 612 between Jan. 19 and Wednesday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday morning that the...

Some stones forming this retaining wall are falling into the river and near the baseball field. TERRAN YOUNG PHOTO

Retaining wall hazard is concern

January 27, 2022

APPALACHIA — Council is concerned about the condition of the retaining wall in Island Park. During the Jan. 20 meeting, council discussed the...

Schools accept Youngkin order on optional masks

January 27, 2022

Some Virginia school divisions and parents are rejecting Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that allows parents to choose whether their children wear masks in...

New governor releases COVID-19 action plan

January 27, 2022

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has released a COVID-19 “action plan” in the form of Executive Order 11. According to a Thursday press release, the directive includes: • Allowing...

Union’s Abby Slagle goes up tough in the lane against Ridgeview. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON

Sutherland, Frazier put up big numbers in win over Lady Bears

January 27, 2022

BIG STONE GAP — Seniors Brooklyn Frazier and Hailey Sutherland put up dominating performances to lead the Lady Wolfpack past Union last Thursday...

Bradley Bunch puts up two of his game-high 28 points Tuesday night. PHOTO BY ROBERT RYAN

Second-half shooting propels Bears past Devils

January 20, 2022

BIG STONE GAP — Senior Bradley Bunch scored 17 of his game-high 28 points in the second half as the Union Bears acquired their fourth consecutive...

Weather, COVID grind Union basketball action to a halt

January 13, 2022

The Union boys and girls basketball teams have not escaped game postponements in the new year. Last Thursday’s games with Central were postponed due to poor weather...

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On the morning before my 1980 chase of the train to Miller Yard, the locomotive servicing area was full of motive power awaiting their next call to duty. The old F-type units I rode in 1969 had been reassigned and then scrapped over a decade earlier.

Guest River Gorge adventures

January 27, 2022

Background The Interstate Railroad began serious planning for an extension from Norton, Va. to a connection with the Carolina, Clinchfield &...

Step right up…Pro-Art invites you to the circus!

January 19, 2022

Pound, VA – Enter the most unlikely setting for a circus, a factory. One where the workers are acrobats and the machines are circus props. Welcome...

A big thanks to our public works crew

January 19, 2022

BY MARY LOU BUSH APPALACHIA NEWS • 565-1386 gabgrandadva@yahoo.com Thanks of Appalachia Public Works I want to give a shout out to Mike Clifton, Town of Appalachia...

January 27, 2022

Barbara Jean (Bishop) Sargent, 87, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2022 at Blue Ridge Hospice in Winchester, Virginia. Jean was a faithful member of St. Matthew...

BARBARA J. HALL

January 21, 2022

Barbara J. Hall 75, passed away on Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home. Barbara was born in West Virginia on Oct. 5, 1946 the daughter of the late; James...

January 19, 2022

Ann Hathaway Marrs, 71, unexpectedly passed away at home on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Ann was a resident of Big Stone Gap where she was born and...

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January 27, 2022

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January 26, 2022

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