The Virginia Department of Elections has launched the Vote With Confidence website to provide citizens with information on when and where they can vote, how Virginia...

Virginia’s Council on Environmental Justice will visit the region Oct. 25. The council, whose members include local resident Taysha DeVaughan, will hold a business meeting...

Stephanie Kern and Lorenzo Rodriguez are running for the Wise County School Board District Three seat to be vacated by Donnese Kern. STEPHANIE...

An Ohio man will spend 22 years in prison for a wrong-way crash in February that killed a Big Stone Gap man and injured the driver of another vehicle. Travis Lee Tolliver,...

Incumbent council members Nancy Bailey, Kent Gilley Jr., Crystal Lyke and Aaron McKinney seek additional terms, with challenges from E. Leonard...

Home Craft Days was a resounding success last weekend, drawing thousands to the Mountain Empire Community College campus for music, crafts, food...

APPALACHIA — The town is the recipient of a $750,000 grant for water line replacements in the Old Bottom neighborhood. During Monday’s council workshop, Town Manager Fred...

Big Stone Gap is getting grant funds to support a business training and entrepreneurship program targeting Wood Avenue. The town is receiving $45,000, according to a...

The Wise County grand jury indicted several area residents Monday on charges involving alleged theft, assault, drug crimes and more. Those indicted include: • Roy Odell...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 164 between Oct. 13 and Wednesday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday morning that the...

BIG STONE GAP — Council unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 12 re-appointing Ronald Prewitt to the Big Stone Gap Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Prewitt was...

Residents living in and around Big Stone Gap can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and other chronic, serious conditions with...

The deadline to pay the second half of Wise County 2021 real estate and personal property taxes is Oct. 31. If not paid or postmarked on or before Oct. 31, a 10 percent...

In search of 500 pounds of plastic! The Big Stone Gap Dogwood Garden Club has six months to collect that amount. According to club President Ruth...