A non-profit that’s expanding its service footprint plans to serve some of this region’s most frail elderly residents while bolstering the economy and serving as an experiential learning site. The Marion Town Council gave a nod of approval to the agency’s plans last week.
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 became available.
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 suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest.
A Bland County man once charged with burning down his parents’ house and assaulting police officers was arrested again on Monday after being accused of assaulting his sister in Pulaski County.
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 County service station. A West Virginia man has been charged in the woman’s death, and a recently filed search warrant sheds more light on how police b…
COVID-19 deaths associated with outbreaks at long-term care facilities are a significant factor in the area's total total number of deaths related to the illness.
Bland County went nearly 10 years without recording a single slaying.
COVID-19 deaths associated with outbreaks at long-term care facilities are a significant factor in the area's total total number of deaths related to the illness.
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, West Virginia, is being held in West Virginia, pending extradition to Virginia, on one felony count of 2nd degree murder and one felony count of hit-and-run.
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 Trump by around 40,000 votes.
Accused of taping a puppy’s mouth shut with electrical tape earlier this month, two Bland County residents are facing misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
The Mount Rogers Health District logged a total of 325 confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases in the last ten days.
Anyone up to no good in Bland County might want to re-think the situation – people are watching.
According to the Virginia Department of Health’s Pandemic Metrics, the Far Southwest region of the state is still experiencing moderate transmission of the novel coronavirus.
The Mount Rogers Health District logged a total of 179 confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases in the last seven days.
On Monday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that Hitachi ABB Power Grids, a leader in power and energy technologies, will invest $6.2 million to upgrade equipment and increase manufacturing capacity at its Bland County operation. The facility is the largest private-sector employer in the county …
Injured on Thursday evening while attempting to execute an emergency custody order, a Bland County deputy was released from the hospital on Friday.
Note: Health officials with the Mount Rogers Health District have said that the approximate number of individuals currently in isolation with the virus can be determined by the number of cases reported within the last 10 days. Individuals are typically placed in isolation for that length of …
State police are investigating a Tuesday evening armed robbery at the Kangaroo Express Exxon station in Bastian.
(MARION, Va.) – The Mount Rogers Health District encourages everyone to get an annual influenza (flu) vaccination to reduce the chance of getting the flu and spreading it to others.
Accused in the slaying of a Tazewell County man whose body was found underneath a Bland County trailer, a mother and son were indicted in Bland County on Monday after police and prosecutors changed their theory of where the crime took place.
Bland County High School has canceled its 2019 varsity football season because of a lack of available players.
Wythe Raceway will host the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series presented by Food Country.
