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Mount Rogers Health District is partnering with the Wythe County Community Hospital to offer vaccines to Virginia residents age 75 and older.
Health districts in Southwest Virginia moved into Phase 1b of vaccination distribution on Monday, expanding the number of people now eligible …
A non-profit that’s expanding its service footprint plans to serve some of this region’s most frail elderly residents while bolstering the eco…
Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Smyth County Sheriff Chip Shuler has said he’d be first in line to get a vaccine once one becam…
Bland County is mourning the deaths of two law enforcement officers this week -- former Bland County Sheriff Jerry Thompson and Virginia State…
On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a s…
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See the number of active COVID cases in your Smyth, Wythe or Bland zip code
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Southwest Virginia health districts move to Phase 1b of vaccination, community partnerships to help with rollout
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Mount Rogers Health District holds first coronavirus vaccine clinic in Wytheville
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Elder care non-profit expands to serve Mount Rogers region
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Help on hold: Southwest Virginia mental health patients, law enforcement see marathon wait times on detention orders
The Virginia National Guard will be conducting mass COVID-19 testing events in the Mount Rogers Health District December 14-19 as a result of …
A Bland County man once charged with burning down his parents’ house and assaulting police officers was arrested again on Monday after being a…
Daniel Guthrie grew up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, close to the Highway 421 corridor, a major thoroughfare at the time for trucks haul…
Funeral services were held on Nov. 21 for a 56-year-old Georgia woman whose body was found earlier last month in a parking lot below a Bland C…
The Wytheville Department of Museums plans to honor local police, fire and rescue operations with a new exhibit set to open next year and is a…
Bland County’s Stitchin’ Time Quilters honored four veterans with handmade Quilts of Valor recently to thank them for their military service. …
COVID-19 deaths associated with outbreaks at long-term care facilities are a significant factor in the area's total total number of deaths rel…
Three local soldiers are happy to be home this Veterans Day. Specialist David Harman, First Lt. Brandon Anders and Sgt. Jeromy Sutphin recentl…
Editor's note: On Friday afternoon, noting that all five regions of Virginia are experiencing increases in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Ralph Northam …
For the second time in as many years, a Bland County rescue pup mopped up the competition to be named the nation’s dirtiest dog. Scruffy, a Ma…
Bland County went nearly 10 years without recording a single slaying.
A West Virginia man is in custody on charges related to an ongoing death investigation in Bland County. Gilbert Lee Riggs, 58, of Bluefield, W…
The remains of what police say appear to be a female were discovered in Bastian on Thursday morning.
Democratic challenger Joe Biden swept to a statewide win in Virginia off the strength of early voting, besting incumbent President Donald Trum…
Accused of taping a puppy’s mouth shut with electrical tape earlier this month, two Bland County residents are facing misdemeanor animal cruel…
Rocky Gap native Lauren Faulkner can’t pinpoint when or why she became interested in performing.
The coronavirus has dampened several holidays so far this year, and Halloween is no exception. But the good news is that Bland County kiddos c…
Bland County students will return to the classroom for four days a week, starting on Monday, Nov. 2. The Bland County School Board made the de…
Beginning this week, school officials will start delivering breakfast and lunch meals to homes of students and to anyone under 18 years of age…
Melissa Russo is one of the lucky ones – she’s known since elementary school what she wanted to do when she grew up. Born in Wytheville, but r…
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