Lonesome Pine Hospital is no longer the designated COVID-19 hospital for the region. Shannon Showalter, the new Ballad Health chief executive for Wise, Lee and Dickenson...

Unemployment rates in Wise County and Norton have dropped by two percentage points or more since January. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, Wise County’s...

BIG STONE GAP — Council will vote June 8 on adopting the fiscal 2021-22 budget and setting tax rates that are the same as in the current budget. No one spoke at the public...

BIG STONE GAP — Pro-Art would like to put an art installation along the Greenbelt. During the June 1 council workshop, Pro-Art Executive Director Michael McNulty asked...

The Wise County grand jury has indicted an Ohio truck driver for a Feb. 24 crash that killed a Big Stone Gap man and injured another person. Travis Lee Tolliver, 30, of...

BIG STONE GAP — There are no significant changes in revenue or expenses in the proposed town budget for the upcoming fiscal year. A public hearing on the 2021-22 fiscal...

APPALACHIA — The town’s 2021-22 fiscal year budget may include a slight utility rate increase. Council discussed the upcoming budget during its May 17 workshop. The...

APPALACHIA — Town Council members weighted the pros and cons of having a gasoline storage tank during their May 17 workshop. The recent software hack affecting the...

BIG STONE GAP — Council has passed a resolution that changes the way customers are penalized for late utility payments in a way that benefits the customer. Previously, a...

BIG STONE GAP — Council has made an agreement by which Lonesome Pine Hospital will offer discounted drug prices for some low-income residents. Council voted unanimously...

BIG STONE GAP — The town is working on funding to connect a trail from Big Cherry Lake to the Devil’s Fork Loop. The town is applying for a recreational trail program...

BIG STONE GAP — The town may get a bike park after all. The Friends of Southwest Virginia tourism organization is administering the Coal Country Outdoor Access Plan, said...

“If anyone tells me that is nothing to do around here — man, have I got something for you!” Big Stone Gap resident Ked Meade has been working on the new tourism website...

Mountain Empire Community College is hosting a t-shirt design contest to celebrate the college’s 50th anniversary in 2022. MECC is seeking artwork to be used for t-shirts...

A Wise County grand jury has indicted a prison inmate for an alleged violent sex crime and has charged several local residents with alleged crimes involving drugs, theft,...