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On The Trail

September 16, 2020

Wendell Caldwell of the Big Stone Gap Lions Club presents a check to Mike Wampler, director of Mountain Empire Older Citizens. In spite of the...

LUNCH ON THE LAWN — General Store Jammers featured

September 16, 2020

Big Stone Gap — The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park will host a September Lunch on the Lawn music program on Friday, September 25...

Cooler weather ... Fall is right around the corner

September 16, 2020

COUNCIL MEETING The Appalachia Town Council will meet on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. at the former Appalachia High School auditorium. Wear your mask, social...

The rewards of Summertime rules

September 16, 2020

By Howard E Cummins columnist My mother was famous for problem-solving, and the remedy was simple. You followed her rules, and everything would be right with your...

Brass Quintet outdoor concert by reservation — MECC’S Goodloe...

September 2, 2020

PROVIDED BY PROART FOR THE POST The Symphony of the Mountains Brass Quintet celebrates some of the most notable brass composers of history...

Sal’s Pals members have raised money for the Emergency Fuel Fund for the Elderly for a decade. Left to right are Nancy Garrett, Trish Blakley, Susan Barber, Linda Gibson, Sally Sexton, Sherry Moore, Melanie Jorgenson and Karen Cridlin. Members not pictured are Jill Graham, Alena Satterfield, Mary Ellis, Amy Willis, Mary Fortner and Annette Tomlinson.

Walkathon a favorite event for Sal’s Pals

September 2, 2020

PROVIDED BY MEOC FOR THE POST Each year after completing the Mountain Empire Older Citizens Walkathon, the women who make up Sal’s Pals have a...

Support June Tolliver House

September 2, 2020

The June Tolliver House will have a yard sale September 11 and 12, from 9 – 1 p.m. The sale will be held in the June Tolliver Playhouse next to the...

‘Songs of Service’ celebration planned Sept. 11

September 2, 2020

THE POST The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park and the Friends of the Museum are hosting their annual “Songs of Service” to...

Lions Club has new location

September 2, 2020

MARY LOU BUSH APPALACHIA NEWS Appalachia Lions Club The Appalachia Lions Club will meet on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at their new location, 127/125 Callahan Avenue,...

Lunch poke memories — My environmentally friendly and always...

September 2, 2020

HOWARD CUMMINS, COLUMNIST Back in my youth there was no such thing as a school cafeteria where students could go for lunch. In those long-ago days when children boarded...

Paul Young passes much of his time in his backyard workshop. Young is among the more than 1,000 older persons in the region who received assistance from the Emergency Fuel Fund for the Elderly last winter. The fund receives no state or federal money. It exists because of donations from area businesses, faith organizations, civic groups, local governments and individuals committed to helping the region’s older population.

Fuel fund helps local neighbors, friends

August 26, 2020

The Post — Provided by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. Seventy-six-year-old Paul “Cowboy” Young loves to show people around his workshop...

Schools open in an unusual way

August 26, 2020

BY MARY LOU BUSH APPALACHIA NEWS • 565-1386 gabgrandadva@yahoo.com Lions Club Meeting The Appalachia Lions Club will meet at 313 Main Street for their regular...

Wildflowers of late summer and autumn

August 26, 2020

The Post — By Howard E Cummins Columnist This time of the year the fleeting glimpses, the momentary glimmers, and the short, hurried views we see rushing by our...

Pictured on left: Chuck Taylor member of Masonic Lodge 229 A.F.A.M. in Appalachia, Charles R. ‘Randy’ Blair receiving award ‘Community Builders Award’ and Hobert Bowers, Worshipful Master, Masonic Lodge 229 A.F.A.M. in Appalachia.

Blair awarded Community Builders Award

August 19, 2020

Randy Blair was awarded the Community Builders Award on August 13 during the Appalachia Lions Club regular meeting. The award is awarded to a...

Ewing resident Freda Ayers has supported the Mountain Empire Older Citizens Walkathon for 37 years, raising money for the Emergency Fuel Fund for the Elderly. Community support makes it possible for MEOC to help pay heating costs for about 1,000 older citizens in need each year.

Retired teacher remains committed to annual cause

August 19, 2020

For more than three and one-half decades, Freda Ayers has made participation in the Mountain Empire Older Citizens Walkathon an annual priority....

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