Ken Heath described Food City’s investment in its new supermarket as the largest investment in Marion in his three-decades-plus tenure working as the town’s director of community and economic development.

The celebration of this country’s 250th anniversary will continue next weekend at one of Smyth County’s largest festivals.

Marion Mayor Avery Cornett described a proposed loitering ordinance as vague in places. He also cautioned members of the Town Council that he believed it “criminalizes normal behavior”.

If they did nothing, Board of Supervisors Chair Charlie Atkins said, county leaders feared that a data center could come in and little protection would exist. However, the zoning regulations specifically governing data centers adopted last Thursday evening, he said, give leaders some control…

The Rural Retreat Farmers Market is making its goods more accessible to the community, while giving its vendors an opportunity to reach a new audience.