Bland County Ruritans have for decades put on a haunted house event in Ceres and last year a local Girl Scout troop joined in to help.
With the arrival of autumn comes the Bland County Festival of Leaves with a cornucopia of family fun.
The Wythe-Bland Foundation has announced its grant recipients for this year. The foundation offered 40 grants totaling $3,068,850 to various nonprofit organizations in Wythe and Bland Counties.
Five years after a Tazewell County man seemingly vanished at the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Area just inside of Smyth County, investigators and family members are still hoping for the lead that will help uncover his fate.
Some people hunt deer, turkeys and rabbits.
It’s going to be a buckin’ good time at the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center this weekend when the Rodeo Extravaganza for St. Jude in Honor of Reed Lawson comes to town for the fourth year in a row.
A local artist recently took home the top prize in the Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Fine Art Show. Ken Johnson’s painting, “The Farmer and the Balloon,” was named Best in Show. The oil painting, in Johnson’s signature early Americana style, depicts a stars-and-stripes hot air balloon w…
After hearing the prosecution’s allegations against seven defendants, grand jurors returned nine criminal indictments on Sept. 12.
If you’ve got old computers, televisions, paint, pesticides and cleaning supplies scattered around your home and garage, now’s the time to gather them up for disposal.
Five years after a Tazewell County man seemingly vanished at the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Area just inside of Smyth County, investigators and family members are still hoping for the lead that will help uncover his fate.
Some people hunt deer, turkeys and rabbits.
It’s going to be a buckin’ good time at the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center this weekend when the Rodeo Extravaganza for St. Jude in Honor of Reed Lawson comes to town for the fourth year in a row.
A local artist recently took home the top prize in the Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Fine Art Show. Ken Johnson’s painting, “The Farmer and the Balloon,” was named Best in Show. The oil painting, in Johnson’s signature early Americana style, depicts a stars-and-stripes hot air balloon w…
The Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on private property in Bland County. The crash occurred at 11:28 a.m. Friday (Aug. 26, 2022) in the 100 block of Bobwhite Lane.
Bland County Fair will welcome visitors starting tomorrow for a three-day event featuring games and competitions, indoor exhibits, music, animal shows, a rodeo and more.
There are two kinds of people in this world. There are those who have put up square bales and then there are those who have listened to those who have put up square bales complain about how hard it is. You know why they say that? Because it’s true. Like a lot of things “they” say, it’s entir…
Rock ‘n’ Roll comes to Bland County Saturday, Aug. 6, when the Fair Sideshow arrives at the fairgrounds. The Sideshow is a ramped-up version of a similar concert in February at the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre that took audience members back in time when homegrown bands were the rage and ke…
Throughout the rest of July and into August, Pack the Bus school supply drives will be set up throughout Bland County, culminating in a free community event where the supplies will be distributed.
At 9:30 a.m. on July 18, 1972, Wythe County Rescue Squad members wheeled Emma Lee Padgett into Wythe County Community Hospital, which officially opened that day. She was the first of 17 patients transferred to the hospital from the Chitwood Memorial Hospital on Main Street.
Jacob “Jake” Watters sat with his family and girlfriend in his grandfather’s Rocky Gap living room Monday, trying to stay calm and keep his nerves in check; like a wild pitch, they were all over the place. On the television streamed the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, and Watters was in…
As fuel prices soared across the country, law enforcement and other emergency services in the region are eyeing their budgets and looking at ways to cut costs without rolling back services.
On hot summer days, an ice-filled drink seems to be just what the doctor ordered. However, health experts want to help folks make sure that not too many of those icy beverages are filled with sugar.
It’s only fitting that Jennifer Williams Atwell was born on Wytheville’s Main Street inside the Chitwood Memorial Clinic because for more than three decades she has been one of the area’s biggest cheerleaders, helping area business owners feel at home and prosper here.
Got some stuff to sell? Looking for that one-of-a-kind treasure? The annual 3-Day Road Market, set for July 29-31, is the place for you!
After several years of study, the Virginia Department of Transportation has decided on a plan for improvements to the Exit 77 interchange areas on Interstate 81.