This week in sports history August 8-14

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Union’s Abby Slagle goes up tough in the lane against Ridgeview. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON
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Bradley Bunch puts up two of his game-high 28 points Tuesday night. PHOTO BY ROBERT RYAN
Second-half shooting propels Bears past Devils
Thomas Potter remains undefeated (20-0) in his first two years on the wrestling, taking a win at 160 pounds in the Bobby Bates Classic. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON
Potter, Sturgill local champions at the Bobby B...
Bradley Bunch takes it to the basket as the Bears defeated the Raiders Monday. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON
Bears edge Raiders in benefit game
Some stones forming this retaining wall are falling into the river and near the baseball field. TERRAN YOUNG PHOTO
Retaining wall hazard is concern
Suspect sought; Appy store robbed Saturday evening
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
Left to right are VCEDA Executive Director/General Counsel Jonathan Belcher; Southwest Virginia Community College President Tommy Wright; SWCC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Susan Lowe; and Mountain Empire Community College President Kris Westover. VCEDA PHOTO
Solar energy job program gets major funding
VDH Vaccine 1
Mountain Empire Hearing & Balance
Mountain Empire Older Citizens