Several local residents and some state prison inmates face charges ranging from alleged violence to alleged crimes involving theft, drugs and weapons. Those indicted Nov....

WISE — County schools are soon to combat absenteeism and learning loss by hiring many new paraprofessionals and offering additional, teacher-compensating remediation. At...

A nearly $4.3 million federal funding allotment will go toward carbon dioxide storage research on a Wise County site. A map provided by the...

The recent lack of rainfall has forced the town of Appalachia to impose water use restrictions, starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. According to a press release, Mayor Chris...

Cancellation of Big Stone Gap’s Veterans’ Day parade has set off a debate on the town’s Facebook pages. Town hall announced Tuesday that “due to circumstances beyond our...

Incumbents have prevailed in Big Stone Gap town council elections, along with a county Board of Supervisors race and a School Board race. On Big...

An announcement yesterday by Gov. Glenn Youngkin appears to place Wise County as the location for an energy research initiative he announced roughly one year ago. In a...

The Virginia Department of Social Services is accepting applications for fuel assistance online and at all local departments of social services through Monday, Nov....

Big Stone Gap is approved for more than $1 million to upgrade recreation opportunities at Big Cherry Lake. That project and two regional economic development initiatives...

Virginia income taxpayers can now go to tax.virginia.gov/rebate and check their eligibility for the one-time tax rebate the General Assembly approved during its state...

The Wise County grand jury has indicted five local residents on charges of alleged drug crimes. Those indicted Monday include: • Brendon Austin Hill, 22, 205 Hyview St.,...

WISE — “If you can’t explain it, how am I supposed to explain it to my people?” That was a question county Supervisor Fred Luntsford asked Comcast representatives Oct....

Reclaiming all the unreclaimed or partially reclaimed strip mined land in the Appalachian region could cost nearly $10 billion, according to a regional advocacy...

Big Stone Gap is famous for many people, places, things and events. About this time last year, the town’s fame was enhanced again with the first...