- SPorter
Bryan Lynch took the helm of the Saltville Police Department on Feb. 11, 2025. In the last year, the agency has undergone a transformation – one that has the attention of town leaders.
Diamond, Smyth Animal Rescue’s Pet of the Week, is a 2.5-year-old terrier mix with a lot of love to give! She wins the cleanest kennel award EVERY DAY and LOVES going on community outings.
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Val Mutter serves as a linchpin in Smyth County’s public safety and justice systems. Police officers investigating crimes and attorneys, clerks, and judges at work in the county’s courts agree that her night and day behind-the-scenes work often seems superhuman.
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Last Thursday, the Smyth County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution opposing any Congressional redistricting plan that “threatens the political voice of rural/conservative Virginians”.
- Stephanie Porter-Nichols Staff
Speyside Bourbon Cooperage has halted operations at its Atkins plant, leaving about 50 people jobless.
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A mother and daughter from a Marion church are currently undertaking a mission trip in Indonesia. They welcome community members to join them virtually and support their ministry.
Speyside Bourbon Cooperage has halted operations at its Atkins plant, leaving about 50 people jobless.
A mother and daughter from a Marion church are currently undertaking a mission trip in Indonesia. They welcome community members to join them virtually and support their ministry.
Christy Landers Tallamy is coming to Marion, the home of her mother and father, Deana and Monroe Landers, to sign copies of the second book in her historical fiction trilogy that is rooted in her family’s truth.
Richard de Montebello is a man of ideas. He’s also a man of words. The thinker, storyteller, and creator wants to help 21st-century children (and adults) learn.
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Tuesday evening, Saltville’s town council celebrated the news that the work to enhance the Salt Trail just got another funding boost.
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A new study of Pathway Park near Chilhowie indicates that with the right industries potential exists for it to generate an economic impact in the millions of dollars. However, Smyth County officials who have seen the industrial park sit empty for the better part of 20 years wonder if a sport…
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Area individuals can take part in a global activity this weekend.
- SPorter
Gracie Billings always admired birds, but her enthusiasm for the winged creatures reached a new level when she learned that they’re the world’s closest living relatives to dinosaurs.
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Area firefighters are working to change what they contend is an inequity in the distribution of state funds that support fire departments and could create longer-response times and unsafe staffing levels and leave firefighters working with outdated equipment.
- SPorter
Anyone who has driven through Chilhowie near McDonalds during or following heavy rain knows the flooding problem that exists there despite considerable work by the Town and the Virginia Department of Transportation to correct the situation. The same scenario is true at the intersection of U.…
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Just before school started last summer, funding losses forced Mount Rogers Community Services to cut their day treatment counselors from Smyth County Schools. A non-profit that previously only served one Smyth School stepped in and now serves every school in the county except the Career &…
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Local officials have long touted the potential of the 8.5-mile Salt Trail that connects Smyth and Washington counties. Now, a state entity is willing to invest tax dollars into pursuing that possibility.
- SPorter
With this week’s mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain forming solid sheets of ice on many roads, sidewalks, and driveways, the decision to close schools seemed to be a given. However, at other times, folks often have many questions about why schools were or weren’t closed.
- SPorter
The winning word for this year’s Smyth County Spelling Bee was “parachute”.
- SPorter
Blue Ridge Job Corps needs the community’s help as it faces a continuing threat to its survival. Last Thursday evening, staff members appealed to the Smyth County Board of Supervisors.
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The lottery ticket worth $1 million and bought in Marion was claimed shortly after the Virginia Lottery shared the news of the winning numbers and prize Tuesday.