The cost of diesel is forcing the Smyth County School Board to examine its routes and look at ways to curb fuel use.
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When the Stanley family decided they needed to find a way to once again access running water after Hurricane Helene irrevocably altered their supply, Steven, a veteran, turned to another veteran and community leader for guidance. He asked American Legion Post 18 Commander Mark Chaney to help…
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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 life in a house that isn’t sinking and includes running water, a basic aspect of life the Stanleys haven’t known since Hurricane Helene struck more than …
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Lives have been lost throughout Smyth County to substance use disorder. A new initiative wants to help the community see the faces and names of those who’ve died from addiction and learn the stuff of their lives – what made them laugh, cry, love.
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Last Friday, students and staff were treated to hamburgers made with local beef as two farms helped Smyth County celebrate Farm to School Week.
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Lives lost were remembered, while lives saved were celebrated at last week’s Smyth County Recovery Court candlelight vigil.
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A Wednesday evening candidates’ forum brought out some of those seeking a seat on one of Smyth County’s three town councils.
Melissa Finelli gets to spend many of her days watching people transform.
On beautiful days when people would set off to hike Mount Rogers, Virginia’s highest mountain, or ride on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, vehicles would often line the side of Whitetop Road near the Elk Garden trailhead, heightening risks for drivers and hikers.
Sixty to 65 people gathered at Hungry Mother State Park late last month to tag and release Monarch butterflies. Many of them had never touched a butterfly until that morning.
The Saltville Town Council was divided over who they should appoint to fill the seat left open by Councilman R.B. Henderson’s August death.
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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.
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$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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Ken Heath described Food City’s investment in its new supermarket as the largest investment in Marion in his three-decades-plus tenure working as the town’s director of community and economic development.
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The celebration of this country’s 250th anniversary will continue next weekend at one of Smyth County’s largest festivals.
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Marion Mayor Avery Cornett described a proposed loitering ordinance as vague in places. He also cautioned members of the Town Council that he believed it “criminalizes normal behavior”.
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If they did nothing, Board of Supervisors Chair Charlie Atkins said, county leaders feared that a data center could come in and little protection would exist. However, the zoning regulations specifically governing data centers adopted last Thursday evening, he said, give leaders some control…
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The guardian angel of this region’s cemeteries: That’s how Anna Leigh DeBord described Charlie Barnette to a group gathered in Marion’s oldest cemetery last week.
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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.