The park and recreation area long envisioned for Marion’s Callan Drive area possesses the potential to improve the quality of life of not just the town and county but the region. Scott Carson, a landscape architect and project team leader, made that assertion before the Marion Town Council M…
Area law enforcement credited a Chilhowie business with helping solve an industry theft. On Aug. 17, the Washington County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into the theft of industrial wire and tools from Stuart Rush Company in Abingdon. According to a WCSO news release, the stolen…
A sitting member of the Saltville Town Council, who first served the town as a department head, died last weekend.
For many kids in Southwest Virginia, big fire trucks, police cruisers, and heavy construction equipment are things they only see from a distance or through a television screen. But on Saturday, Aug. 29, the keys to those very vehicles are being handed over — metaphorically speaking — to the …
The Saltville Police Department sent the only Virginia law enforcement representative to join a unique team in Washington, D.C., for the country’s 250th anniversary celebration.
A Chilhowie High School graduate’s writing was honored at the Executive Mansion in Richmond on Thursday morning.
Marion’s Lincoln Theatre is facing challenges that could impact its viability. Those challenges include facility needs, revenue loss, and economic conditions that are impacting ticket sales.
More than 12 years after the McMullin Bridge was closed, construction began Monday on its replacement.
A Smyth County educator took part in a ceremonial check presentation to recognize the $914 million the Virginia Lottery has raised for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.
A Marion pediatrician joined with the Virginia Department of Health in affirming their commitment to vaccines as a vital tool to protect the health of children, their families, and communities.
Chilhowie is exploring adding a vehicle charging station to its downtown area to bring traffic off Interstate 81 and customers into its businesses.
As the Appalachian Center for Hope begins accepting patient applications and prepares to open its door to provide addiction treatment, those behind the institution aren’t pausing their work to help Southwest Virginia. The center’s executive director said, “We see this as the first step.”
In 2019, the critical need for in-patient substance use treatment became starkly apparent to Smyth County leaders as the opioid crisis mounted. This month, the center they envisioned and brought into reality despite numerous challenges is beginning to accept patient applications.
Feeding Southwest Virginia and three of its partner agencies, including a Smyth County food pantry, will share in a $403,080 grant from the Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia.
On a Saturday afternoon, the room was lit with warm side lights as the equipment for a presentation glowed ready at the front. Just the prior day, the room’s look conveyed festive dinosaur habitat, ready to help youngsters celebrate summer reading and play.
Over the course of decades two men put their faith, hands, feet, and backs into providing warm and safe houses for the people of multiple Southwest Virginia counties. For some people that meant a new roof or a ramp for a wheelchair. Sometimes that meant giving them firewood.
Transforming a building that was once considered an eyesore in Saltville into a gateway to the community and the Salt Trail has taken on special significance for one Smyth County official.
Monday afternoon, standing inside the newly rebuilt and renovated space that was gutted by fire in October 2021, Todd Baxter wondered how the walls might reflect on the 120 years they’ve stood.
If she was the mayor of Saltville, Kenzley Frye would address day-to-day issues like potholes, while also working on enhanced tourism marketing and bolstering diversity and inclusion in the community.
After hours in Smyth County Circuit Court Friday morning, Commonwealth’s Attorney Phillip “Bucky” Blevins declared that he could see each one of the students gathered there as future attorneys.
As officials continue to search for cost-saving measures, Smyth County’s convenience stations for trash collection will soon be closed a second day during the week.
Last Thursday evening, the county’s Planning Commission took action to send proposed zoning regulations for data centers back to the committee that first developed them.
Lori Carlton stood before her fellow Lifetime Aquatic Swim Organization veterans and its leaders and shared that she learned a great deal about competitive swimming in the Marion program, but she learned even more life lessons.
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