Lonesome Pine Regional Library (LPRL) has released a new mobile app designed to significantly improve patrons’ experience with the library,...

WISE, VA – The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) recently finalized a $230,000 loan to the Wise County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) for...

On April 2nd, the 128th Law Enforcement Basic Class marked a major milestone: their graduation after just over 20 weeks of rigorous training....

Jack Flanary II, a local business owner and dedicated community supporter, has officially begun his role as Executive Director for the Wise...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. – A free live performance by If Birds Could Fly will be part of Mountain Empire Older Citizens’ 50th Annual Walkathon on Sunday,...

MEOC’s Children’s Services Department kicked off Child Abuse Prevention Month on March 31 with a blue pinwheel planting ceremony in Big Stone Gap....

A free picnic for participants will follow, along with a live concert by If Birds Could Fly at approximately 3:30 p.m.BIG STONE GAP, Va. – Mountain...

WISE COUNTY, VA. — The Wise County Office of Economic & Industrial Development is proud to launch a new, best-in-class economic development website designed to serve as...

Appalachia Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire late Monday evening just off Dunbar Rd., near the Kent Junction Intersection.Upon arrival,...

Last week, we collected a total of 139 bags of trash from the Exit 35 off-ramp and Powell Valley Road in Big Stone Gap.Here is the breakdown:15...

Wise County, VA — The Wise County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public to significant budget challenges being considered by the Wise County Board of Supervisors and...

WISE COUNTY, VA – A wanted individual, Steven Douglass Quillen of Big Stone Gap, was arrested on the property of Union Primary School on March 24,...

When the Wise County Board of Supervisors held its regular monthly meeting March 12, the room was filled and there were a couple of contentious exchanges between the board...

Midnight Friday night, the Appalachia Fire Department (AFD) and the Big Stone Gap Fire Department (BSGFD) were dispatched to a reported structure fire in the 1500 block of...

The upper portion of Cold Springs Drive was impassable Monday due to a fallen tree blocking the roadway and damaging power lines and...