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Breaking News: Artist bakes for fun, profit
Breaking News: Climate expert details history of Earth Day
Breaking News: County sees 33 new cases, one death
Breaking News: Grand jury hands down indictments
Breaking News: Fire displaces family
Breaking News: County sets tax rates; only one change

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Pastry chef Jessica Smith poses in front of her display case with a variety of freshly baked goods. TERRAN YOUNG PHOTO

Artist bakes for fun, profit

“I wanted this really fancy cake for his first birthday and I couldn’t find anyone in the area that could do it.” That is what Jessica Smith says...

Earthrise, captured by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, Dec. 24, 1968, when our planet became visible from a perspective never before seen in human history. NASA PHOTO

Climate expert details history of Earth Day

Above the barren landscape, against a pitch-black sky, wispy strands of milky white swirl across an iridescent marble rising above the distant...

County sees 33 new cases, one death

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 33 between April 14 and Wednesday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday morning that the...

Grand jury hands down indictments

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,...

Fire displaces family

A fire in Andover has left a family in need. According to fire Chief Robert Anderson Jr., Appalachia Fire Department received a call April 16 at 8:32 p.m. “No one was...

MECC to host 16th Mountain Music School

Big Stone Gap, VA —Mountain Empire Community College is currently accepting applications for the 16th annual Mountain Music School, to be held at the Center for Workforce...

County sets tax rates; only one change

Wise County supervisors have made one change to county property tax rates, but it affects only data centers. Supervisors voted April 8 to set the tax rates for the 2021-22...

Sign kids up for county pre-K

Wise County primary and elementary schools are taking applications for the 2021-22 pre-kindergarten program. Students must be three or four years old on or before Sept. 30...

County records 23 additional cases in a week

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 23 between April 7 and Wednesday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday morning that the...

Blood drives scheduled

Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in coming days: • Friday, April 16, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., VFP Concrete Shelter,...

Kenleigh Winebarger, 6, pops the gum last Saturday on opening day of Little League and T-ball play at Bullitt Park. Winebarger, the granddaughter of Pam Stacy, plays for the Union Blue T-ball team. KELLEY PEARSON PHOTO

Starlink school internet to grow

The use of Starlink satellite-based internet by schools is set to expand in the coalfields. Ninth District U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith was on hand Thursday morning for a...

Sign up now for MECC benefit golf tourney

One lucky golfer will go home with a $500 cash prize, and other great prizes will be awarded, as well, at the Auto World-MECC Golf Classic on Friday, June 4, at Lonesome...

Local African-American heritage trail is proposed

A proposed African-American heritage trail could have some stops in Big Stone Gap. Former Bland High School student and Powell Valley High School graduate Gail...

Next phase of Greenbelt in the works

BIG STONE GAP — The town is getting ready to begin the fifth phase of the Greenbelt trail. According to Lane Group engineer Jonathan Broskey, the project is expected to...

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