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The progressive rock music reverberates through Randy Smith. He hears the lyrics: “In and around the lake/Mountains come out of the sky and th…
The painting that proved healing for a longtime Marion artist will now appear in a TV series that many people hope may raise curative awarenes…
Government and history teachers and students across America are no doubt discussing the situation that developed in the nation’s capital last …
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Health districts in Southwest Virginia moved into Phase 1b of vaccination distribution on Monday, expanding the number of people now eligible …
In the summer of 1864, a U.S. election year, Southerners held hope for a negotiated peace.
It began on a high note with funny memes about the year 2020, an exciting “possum drop” at The Henderson, a big presidential election, the cen…
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Ernie Sullins doesn’t sugarcoat the story of his business career. He remembers when one dollar looked like a fortune, when he spent the better…
A non-profit that’s expanding its service footprint plans to serve some of this region’s most frail elderly residents while bolstering the eco…
Half a century of family tradition came to an end this year in the Sugar Grove community when the owner of Shirley’s Market sold the business.
Accused of taking indecent liberties with two underage family members, a 68-year-old Marion man was among those indicted by a Smyth County gra…
A Monday evening vehicle collision in Marion has left a man dead and a church structurally damaged.
With health officials urging everyone to curb travel and holiday gatherings to limit the spread of COVID-19, many people may experience a simp…
Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Smyth County Sheriff Chip Shuler has said he’d be first in line to get a vaccine once one becam…
The novel coronavirus has impacted the entire world and inspired one local woman to capture her feelings in a poem.
On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a s…
In November, Herb Clay called on county leaders to accomplish an act so glorious that when historians look back in the files to 2020, with all…
Longtime Marion Police Lt. Andrew Moss will make the transition to Chilhowie at the beginning of the year, taking the helm of the Chilhowie Po…
The Virginia National Guard will be conducting mass COVID-19 testing events in the Mount Rogers Health District December 14-19 as a result of …
That Barry Manilow song comes to mind: “It’s a miracle, a true blue spectacle, a miracle come true.”
When Rose Likins was 11 years old, a library became a sanctuary for her – a place of safety and learning. She spent her entire educational car…
Due to the COVID surges throughout the county, the Smyth County Administrative Building, also known as the Morison Building, in Marion will b…
Come Monday, Smyth County students won’t be waiting on the bus.
Responders from Marion Fire/EMS Department, Adwolfe Volunteer Fire Department and Marion Police Department answered the call to a structure fi…
It may seem like a long way from China to Rich Valley, but, where there is a will, there is a way, especially when the will is that of God.
A shortage of providers has prompted this region to be labeled a mental health care desert.Emory & Henry is working to correct the situation.
New Marion residents are bringing a different kind of art gallery/studio to the community while paying tribute to a bit of history.