Wise County residents will have the opportunity to vote on a design for an addition to Union Primary School. According to schools Superintendent Greg Mullins, the school...

A Duffield manufacturer plans to expand, creating 30 jobs. VFP Inc. makes prefabricated shelters for the telecommunications, utility, public safety and renewable energy...

A Wallens Ridge State Prison inmate died Nov. 20 after “an apparent attack by another inmate,” according to the state Department of Corrections. Gregory Pierce, 47, was...

The federal Centers for Disease Control director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has endorsed expansion of COVID-19 booster vaccinations to include all adults who received a...

Big Stone Gap Parks and Recreation will sponsor the Michael Chandler Memorial Fishing Tournament Saturday at Lake Cherokee at the 25 East bridge boat ramp from safelight...

The Wise County grand jury indicted four area residents and one prison inmate last week. Those indicted Nov. 17 include: • Natasha Renee Daughtery, 45, 283 Don Whitehead...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 79 between Nov. 17 and Tuesday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Tuesday morning that the...

A South Carolina man has been indicted on 13 charges, including aggravated murder, in the Nov. 13 death of Big Stone Gap police office Michael...

At noon last Thursday, a gentle rain was rolling across Powell Valley, but the multicolored emergency lights from dozens of police and first...

The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation has opened a scholarship in memory of longtime foundation and MECC Advisory Board member Bob...

Wise County residents will have the opportunity to vote on a design for an addition to Union Primary School. According to schools Superintendent Greg Mullins, the school...

The Feeding Southwest Virginia Mobile Market will be back Tuesday, Nov. 23. The mobile market will be parked at Inman Village in Appalachia from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The...

The 79th annual Santa Train will take place Saturday, Nov. 20, from 8 to 10 a.m. at four Food City locations along the usual Santa Train route, including Shelbiana, Ky.,...

The proprietors of Engine 343 Wood Fired Brick Oven Pizza want you to know what sets them apart from the rest. Even with a fifth pizza place...

A total of 21 COVID-19 exposure letters have been posted on the Wise County school system website since Oct. 10. Between Oct. 10 and Nov. 15, there have been 176 reported...