The opening of Abingdon’s sports complex at The Meadows this past Saturday shows once again that small towns with a vision can accomplish big things.
In response to the Bristol Herald Courier Managing Editor Roger Watson’s opinion titled Supervisors spend $600,000 to benefit squirrels with cellphones dated March 27.
In another indication the federal government provided way too much money to local governments for “pandemic relief,” the Washington County Board of Supervisors agreed to spend up to $610,000 this week in a move that seems designed to mostly benefit squirrels with cellphones.
It seems the first pull of a slot machine and yells of “Jackpot!” are right around the corner.
If you’ve bought groceries, paid for gasoline or bought a car (used or new) in the past year, you have likely noticed the presence of inflation.
As another weekend forecast calls for wintry weather across the state, we recall the travels of those stuck for more than 24 hours on I-95 between Richmond and D.C.
Bristol Herald Courier’s editors wrote, “The next session of the General Assembly puts Southwest Virginia in unfamiliar territory with an opportunity it may never see again.” We at United Way of Southwest Virginia could not agree more.
The opening of Abingdon’s sports complex at The Meadows this past Saturday shows once again that small towns with a vision can accomplish big things.
The building that houses Matt Hurt’s office rests where a street crossing covers a creek in the 3,000-population town of Wise, far closer to the Kentucky border than the Star City.
The good news is that Chuck and Carolyn Westrater will not have to pay the Virginia Department of Transportation $2,440 for cutting up a tree that fell on and crushed their car.
In response to the Bristol Herald Courier Managing Editor Roger Watson’s opinion titled Supervisors spend $600,000 to benefit squirrels with cellphones dated March 27.
Southwest Virginia will receive a bigger spotlight in the transformed cultural center of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.
In another indication the federal government provided way too much money to local governments for “pandemic relief,” the Washington County Board of Supervisors agreed to spend up to $610,000 this week in a move that seems designed to mostly benefit squirrels with cellphones.
From 1955 to 1960, before the term “docudrama” was even coined, Roanoke served as the home away from home for an artist who created works that were essentially docudramas, though his medium was still photography rather than moving pictures.
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Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about “The Last American Man.”
🎧 The hosts discuss the effectiveness of the messaging in the early days of the pandemic, why COVID further divided many Americans and how leadership matters during a crisis.
The Vermont socialist is upset that drug maker could make a profit on its COVID vaccine
During an information session on the consolidation of Ashland’s Henry Clay and John M. Gandy elementary schools, Hanover County school officials were asked to consider retaining the Gandy name on the new building.
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At a Meet and Greet event hosted by the Washington County Democratic Committee in the Tyler Magisterial District on Sunday, May 1, Sheriff Blake Andis falsely asserted that three students had overdosed on gummies at Abingdon High School the previous week.
Morgan Griffith wants Roe v. Wade overturned so that control over abortion can be returned to the “states and the people.”
I read with interest an article outlining the possible extension of Amtrak passenger rail service to Southwest Virginia.
Our representative in Washington is telling everyone that President Biden is to blame for the baby formula crisis.