WISE – At just under thirty minutes, the September 14 meeting of the Wise County School Board was brief and engaging, highlighted by a delightful performance from 13...

East Tennessee State University and Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) are expanding educational opportunities for students through new...

The Charles W. Harris Gallery at the Wise Public Library is currently featuring an exhibit of plein air pieces, “Searching for Light,” which will...

A large number of people have been indicted on charges ranging from alleged acts of strangulation to child abuse and neglectThose indicted September 16, 2026 by a Wise...

Back-to-school season can present challenges and opportunities as a parent. Relaxed summer schedules are replaced with classes, homework, and extracurriculars, and the...

Big Stone Gap residents can receive a 50% discount on Blue Highway Fest tickets when purchased in person at the Big Stone Gap Visitor...

The Ballad Health Niswonger Children's Network, in partnership with Humana, is hosting a free Community Baby Shower on Wednesday, September 23, from noon to 6 p.m. Norton...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. — Big Stone Gap Town Council denied a special use permit Tuesday night that would have allowed Holding Funeral Home to operate a...

Pullout: Free community service event will teach volunteers how to clean, photograph, and document headstones for genealogy research BIG STONE GAP, Va. — The Wise County...

Join MEOC’s Healthy Families Southwest Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 6 - 10 p.m., for an evening of Appalachian-inspired food, live music and a silent auction at the...

Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc., invites you to a special screening of No Place to Grow Old, an award-winning documentary about the growing crisis of homelessness...

WISE – The personnel recommendations, voted on at the Wise County School board meeting on Sept. 14, detail a number of changes, covering transfers, resignations, new hires...

 The Wise County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on September 10 was very well attended, and featured numerous citizens’ comments, as well as three official...

On September 14, 2026, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith announced that the USDA Rural Development program awarded a $576,000 grant and a $236,000 loan to the Wise County...

“Don't go in those woods. The Woodbooger will get you.”That's how the story was handed down around Norton, Virginia. Not from a scientist or some fellow carrying night...