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On The Trail

Saturday, July 23 on the lawn by the lake at UVA Wise

The Pro-Art Association’s Picnic with the Arts Summer Series will culminate with one of the organization’s favorite events—the 11th annual Symphony...

Pro-Art announces 2nd Annual Picnic with the Arts Series

Pennington Gap, VA – The Pro-Art Association’s Second Annual Picnic with the Arts Summer Series will commence Fourth of July weekend on Sunday, July 3 with a Patriotic Pops...

Harold Lester Memorial Golf Tournament champions and Warrior Flight winners, left to right: Joshua Clever, Braden Clever and Connor Tester.

Golf tournament benefits MEOC’s Mountain Laurel Center

The 11th Annual Harold Lester Memorial Golf Tournament raised $12,500 to assist local cancer patients and their families. Nineteen teams...

“We’re getting soaked!”

Photos and Text By Ron Flanary Post Special Writer It’s a basic truth that as we get older, we remember seminal moments in our lives, even...

Left to right: 1st row: Emily Kate Bowen*, Madelyn Myers, and Hannah Davidson; 2nd row: Mariah Medina, Mckenize Tyree, and Kathy Ison*. Not pictured: Keely Balthis and Megan Hubbard.
(*faculty)

Dental Assistant pinning ceremony

On Thursday, June 23, Mountain Empire Community College celebrated the most recent cohort of Dental Assistant graduates. A Pinning Ceremony was...

Looking back to high school memories

BY Howard E. Cummins Columnist Several years ago I was fortunate to meet up with a group of former students from the Appalachia High School Class of 1960, where I had...

Junior Ranger Camp July 11 - 15 - Discover what native wildlife...

Big Stone Gap, VA. — The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is excited to announce their second annual Junior Ranger Camp. Participants will be given the...

Pollinator count workshop set June 25

To celebrate National Pollinator Week the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park will offer a Pollinator Count workshop on Saturday, June...

Campfire Sing & Marshmallow Roast to celebrate the Great American...

The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is celebrating the 2022 Great American Campout with an evening of fire-roasted treats and great...

Hillbilly Hippies at Lunch on the Lawn Friday

The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park will host their second Lunch on the Lawn on Friday, June 24, at noon, featuring the Hillbilly...

ACME Drug soda fountain on display

BY MARY LOU BUSH APPALACHIA NEWS • 565-1386 gabgrandadva@yahoo.com ACME Drug Soda Fountain Display Tuesday night at the Cultural Arts Center Ann Gates was...

Summertime memories of times spent with family and friends

By Howard E Cummins Columnist I am blessed to have many wonderful memories of times spent with family and friends. Especially those times sitting on our screened-in...

The victors and the vanquished. On the left are the Norton All Stars with the Charlottesville team on the right. The men standing were the teams’ managers and coaches. For Norton, left to right: Ralph Bradley, Reid Simmons and Dr. Charles Litton. To the right of Dr. Litton is Lt. Governor Pat Collins, Jack Helms and Charlottesville managers Roy Melhaff and “Fuzzy Craven”.

71 years ago Norton’s little league team made civil rights history

Part 1 of 2 BY L.M. SUTTER The Post Special Writer In America’s long hard slog toward civil rights, blows have been stuck by great men and...

Sally Sexton (far right) and friends Susan Barber (far left) and Jeanne Estes lead a group of walkers along Big Stone Gap’s Greenbelt Trail during MEOC’s 46th Annual Walkathon on May 15 to raise money for the Emergency Fuel Fund for the Elderly. The trio is part of the larger group Sal’s Pals, an exercise class that meets in Jonesville and also focuses on a larger mission of helping others. Sal’s Pals, named after founder Sexton, has participated in the Walkathon for more than a decade.

MEOC Walkathon boosts Emergency Fuel Fund

The 46th Annual Mountain Empire Older Citizens Walkathon has brought in more than $123,800 so far, and every cent will help heat an older adult’s...

Steel Magnolias will be season finale

BY TREY STIDHAM This past weekend we closed Sweet Delilah Swim Club! All of us at the Appalachia Cultural Arts Center want to thank every...

Family Drug

Mountain Empire Hearing & Balance

Mountain Empire Older Citizens

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