How did Southwest Virginia help shape the American Revolution?
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School Board member Ben Adams was the first person to call out the discrepancy.
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Last week, the Glade Spring Police Department arrested Betty E. Campbell after executing a search warrant. In addition to new charges, she was arrested on outstanding felony warrants from Smyth County and Washington County.
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A slogan describing Saltville and its history declares “From the Ice Age to the Space Age.” An industry leader in the community loves to tell how in the 1960s Olin-Mathieson produced hydrazine, which fueled the Titan II rocket and the Apollo lunar module that helped to put man on the moon. I…
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As millions of monarchs – all that live east of the Rockies -- are making their journey to Mexico for the winter, multiple individuals and groups have launched locally raised monarchs on their way.
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Chilhowie Elementary got attention at last week’s school board meeting. The attention wasn’t for anything negative, but for the number of students being educated there.
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Smyth County was awarded two significant grants for its proposed school construction projects at Chilhowie and Marion Senior high schools. The awards total nearly $9.4 million.
As millions of monarchs – all that live east of the Rockies -- are making their journey to Mexico for the winter, multiple individuals and groups have launched locally raised monarchs on their way.
Chilhowie Elementary got attention at last week’s school board meeting. The attention wasn’t for anything negative, but for the number of students being educated there.
Smyth County was awarded two significant grants for its proposed school construction projects at Chilhowie and Marion Senior high schools. The awards total nearly $9.4 million.
$221+ million is the estimated cost of repairs and renovations needed at Smyth County’s schools over the next few years, according to a just completed facilities study.
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From a parade and fireworks to music and more music, Saltville is offering an array of entertainment to help folks celebrate Labor Day and bid farewell to summer.
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Officials are working to bolster the Main Street area of Chilhowie.
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An energy company headquartered in Virginia is spending more than $50,000 on a social media campaign to raise awareness about the work of volunteer firefighters and the sacrifices they make. Wednesday company representatives came to Marion to celebrate Marion Fire-EMS and award them a grant …
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Just like the flower she's named after, Lotus, Smyth Animal Rescue’s Pet of the Week, is ready to bloom in the right home!
The Lincoln Theatre will host “The Coolest Hometown,” a live stage production, on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.
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Despite strong opposition from citizens during a December public hearing on a proposed loitering ordinance, the Marion Town Council will take another look at the measure brought up in response to the community’s growing population of unhoused individuals.
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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.