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Big Stone Gap Policeman Joseph E. Phillips works the wreck of a tractor-trailer on Country Boy Hill Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO BY GLENN GANNAWAY. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints
Second wreck shuts down Country Boy Hill
A tractor-trailer overturned on Country Boy Hill Tuesday afternoon, diverting traffic from the busy road for the second time in less than two months. Seth Allen Jones of Big Stone Gap, the driver, ...
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Teen faces Grainger charges
An Appalachia teen was arrested in Grainger County, Tenn. last Saturday, bringing an end to the search for a missing 15-year-old girl. A spokeswoman for the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office said We...
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The Union High marching band steps off, leading participants in Sunday’s MEOC Walkathon. PHOTO BY GLENN GANNAWAY. <a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints
Walkathon nears goal
Rain showers held off long enough Sunday for participants in the 37th annual Mountain Empire Older Citizens Walkathon to complete the course and raise more than $149,461 for the Emergency Fuel Fund...
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Robert England recognized National Bike Month by riding from his Wise home to Mountain Empire Community College. (Photo courtesy of MECC.)
MECC professor bikes for fun, good health
When the state of Virginia sent out an email notifying employees that May is Bike Month and challenging them to bicycle to work, Robert England was ready. England, criminal justice professor at Mou...
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Post Scripts May 23, 2013
Relay for Life yard sale. Relay for Life will have a yard sale in the parking lot below Appalachia Parks and Recreation (the former Appalachia High School) on Saturday, June 1. Call Darlene Field...
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Voluntary manslaughter nets 10-year sentence
A Wise County Circuit Court judge Friday gave a Derby man the maximum sentence for the May 2012 voluntary manslaughter of Big Stone Gap resident Frank O’Neil Martin. Judge Chad Dotson sentenced Ch...
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Terry Bishop
Missing man mystery deepens
Monday afternoon, Midge Bishop and another man stopped at the Big Stone Gap Fire Station to compare notes with rescue personnel. The search was especially urgent for Bishop. By Monday afternoon, hi...
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Gap budget includes rate hikes
Big Stone Gap Town Council Tuesday set its budget public hearing for 7 p.m. June 4. The town’s proposed fiscal year 2013-14 budget includes overall water and sewer rate increases of 4 percent, with...
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