UVA-Wise Appalachian Young Writers Camp helps preserve Appalachia's storytelling traditionJohn W Peace IIContributing WriterBig Stone Gap – In a...

The Town of Wise Police Department has arrested 40-year-old John William Fields of Big Stone Gap following an alleged domestic violence incident on Friday night. Fields...

East Stone Gap Schools boast a colorful history. Schools in East Stone Gap are only history now but at one time, they were a thriving, important heartbeat in the...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. — A $40,000 grant will help ensure that older adults across Southwest Virginia have access to emergency heating assistance during the winter...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — The National Space Society (NSS) announced the election of former Wise County attorney J. Jack Kennedy Jr. to a two-year term...

Stephen King writes horror fiction about small towns haunted by tragedy. Bedford, Virginia, lived one. On June 6, 1944, one of America's smallest communities suffered one...

LEBANON, Va. — June 19, 2026 — The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) Board met Thursday in Lebanon and approved $1.65 million in funding for 26 new...

WISE, Va. — The Virginia-Kentucky District Fair will return June 9-13, 2026, bringing five days of family entertainment, agricultural exhibits, competitions, live music,...

Mountain Empire Older Citizens (MEOC) is accepting applications for the 2026 Senior Cool Care program, which provides free fans and air conditioners to income-eligible...

U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Charles Health Council Inc. of Jonesville, a...

To the Editor:The non-disclosure agreement(s) related to data centers and locations prevented Wise County citizens from making timely input about how data centers affect...

The deadline to pay the first half of Wise County 2026 Real Estate taxes is June 10, 2026.  After the June 10th due date, penalty will be added to taxes that have not been...

The Wise County first half 2026 Real Estate and the first half 2026 Personal Property tax statements have been mailed. If you own real estate or personal property and have...

Wise, VA – May 21 at the David J. Prior Convocation Center on the campus of The University of Virginia's College at Wise, the 2026 Southwest Virginia Economic Forum brought...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. — In Appalachia, people can often tell where you are from before you finish your first sentence.Sometimes it is a single word. Sometimes it is the way a...