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Don Dalton (right) joins Big Stone Gap Town Manager Pat Murphy at riverside. Murphy said Dalton has been "instrumental" in raising the possibility of the Powell River within town limits becoming a recreational fishing spot. Dalton instrumental in town's fishing focus
If the South Fork of the Powell River within the town limits of Big Stone Gap becomes a popular place to catch stocked fish, one man with the gift of looking both back and forward can take part of...
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Town seeking new police chief
BIG STONE GAP — Town Manager Pat Murphy is in the process of finding a replacement for Police Chief Davey Horner, who has been unable to return to work following a work-related accident last...
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Flushing water system helps color problem, but doesn't hurt supply
APPALACHIA — The yellow color noticed recently by customers of Appalachia’s water system may be gone in another three or four days. Town Manager Fred Luntsford said Wednesday the town has ...
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Duffield Daze eagerly anticipated Labor Day fest
DUFFIELD — The little town with a big Labor Day weekend festival likes to modestly compare its namesake event to Kingsport, Tenn.‘s, Funfest. "We’re not nearly as big as Funfest...
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Post Scripts September 2, 2010
New Heritage Center hours. The Lonesome Pine School and Heritage Center’s hours for September through December are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1-5 p.m. There is no charge to visit the...
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Health department: Appalachia water safe to drink
The following notice about yellowed water in the town of Appalachia arrived too late for today’s print edition of The Post, so we post the Virginia Department of Health advisory online here ...
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MEOC Executive Director Marilyn Maxwell. PHOTO BY IDA HOLYFIELD. Maxwell eyes PACE as eldercare milestone
BIG STONE GAP – “When you think of service to others, one name comes to the forefront, a woman who built Mountain Empire Older Citizens from a small agency to one that is recognized around t...
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Option: AHS stays open, build new PVHS
WISE — The county School Board got a whirlwind overview of yet another proposal for its high schools Monday night — one that doesn’t necessarily mean closing any high schools. The new prop...
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