Top Story E&H's new addiction counseling degree hoped to ease region's mental health provider desert SPorter Aug 10, 2023 Aug 10, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Much of Southwest Virginia lies in the midst of an unforgiving desert.kAm#:4< |:E496== C6>6>36CD H96? 96 D2H :E 9:89=:89E65 @? 2 >2A]k^AmkAm%96 5:C64E@C @7 qC:DE@= {:76DEJ=6 #64@G6CJ[ 2 C6D:56?E:2= DF3DE2?46 23FD6 EC62E>6?E AC@8C2>[ |:E496== H2D 2EE6?5:?8 2 4@?76C6?46] p A@AF=2E:@? >2A H2D AFE FA D9@H:?8 E96 2C62D @7 E96 4@F?ECJ H:E9 E96 >@DE D6G6C6 >6E9 255:4E:@? 4C:D6D] %96 2C62D 9:89=:89E65 :?4=F565 |:2>:[ }6H *@C< r:EJ[ r9:428@[ 2?5 E96 %C:\r:E:6D C68:@? @7 H6DE6C? ':C8:?:2 2?5 62DE6C? %6??6DD66]k^Am kAm%96 C68:@? 92D @?6 @7 E96 >@DE 4C:E:42= 5CF8 AC@3=6>D :? E96 H@C=5[ 3FE ?@ 7@C>2= 65F42E:@? AC@8C2>D :? 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Diesel costs force Smyth schools to review bus use The cost of diesel is forcing the Smyth County School Board to examine its routes and look at ways to curb fuel use.
Answering the call: Disabled Smyth veteran and family get new home after Helene's destruction Wednesday morning, Steven and Janet Stanley accepted the key to their new house in Marion. That key opens far more than a door. It unlocks lif…
Smyth officials honor American Legion leader for speaking up When the Stanley family decided they needed to find a way to once again access running water after Hurricane Helene irrevocably altered their …
Loved ones of people lost to addiction urged to take part in Remembering Our Neighbors Lives have been lost throughout Smyth County to substance use disorder. A new initiative wants to help the community see the faces and names o…
Crunch Time: Local farms help Smyth schools celebrate Farm to School program Last Friday, students and staff were treated to hamburgers made with local beef as two farms helped Smyth County celebrate Farm to School Week.
