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The U.S. Forest Service is continuing its investigation into how a Nickelsville man and his horse drowned at Bark Camp Lake Saturday.
Authorities have identified the man as 55-year-old Steven Burke.
A preliminary investigation indicates the drowning was accidental. Clinch District Ranger Jorge ...
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Carlos Fields, right, was the winner of the Best Friend Festival's inaugural 'Duck Dynasty' lookalike contest, which drew a huge, enthusiastic crowd to downtown Norton. Beside him is first runner-up Tommy Baker Jr.
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![Members of the West All-Stars pose for a team photo Friday after sweeping the East All-Stars in the FCA Senior All-Star Softball Challenge at Falcon Field in Abingdon. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/704/assets/8Z5R_6_17_All_Stars_Team.jpg "Members of the West All-Stars pose for a team photo Friday after sweeping the East All-Stars in the FCA Senior All-Star Softball Challenge at Falcon Field in Abingdon. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints")
Members of the West All-Stars pose for a team photo Friday after sweeping the East All-Stars in the FCA Senior All-Star Softball Challenge at Falcon Field in Abingdon. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. Click Here to order photo reprints
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ABINGDON — The West All-Stars pounded out 22 hits and scored 18 runs Friday to take a 10-6 and 8-4 sweep of the East All-Stars in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Southwest Virginia Senior All-...
![Mitch Gibson (94) and Jackie Jackson make contact between turns one and two at Saturday’s Pure 4 race at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/704/assets/9M7L_6_17_LPR_06_94.jpg "Mitch Gibson (94) and Jackie Jackson make contact between turns one and two at Saturday’s Pure 4 race at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints")
Mitch Gibson (94) and Jackie Jackson make contact between turns one and two at Saturday’s Pure 4 race at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn. KEVIN MAYS PHOTO. Click Here to order photo reprints
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COEBURN — Mitch Gibson came from the back to the front twice in Saturday’s running of the 25-lap Pure 4 Division race at Lonesome Pine Raceway.
In the end, however, Gibson was disqualified and Dan ...
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The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy last week affirmed its decision to administratively disapprove A&G Coal Co.’s permit application to mine Ison Rock Ridge.
Randy R. Casey, direc...
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WISE — County supervisors last Thursday unanimously approved an ordinance banning county businesses from selling synthetic drugs.
The ordinance states that “incense, herbal incense, potpourri, bat...
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West Virginia billionaire Jim Justice made his fortune in coal and agriculture, and he is revered in his home state as the man who rescued the historic Greenbrier resort from bankruptcy.
Worth an e...
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