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Big Stone Gap Town Council voted yesterday to purchase for $250,000 the 48.5 acre parcel known locally as the S.E. Warren estate (at center on map). The property, situated below the dam (diagonal line at top right), bisects the new access road, where the town had a construction easement, and the South Fork of the Powell as it goes from the dam to the water plant four miles below. The line near the bottom of the map represents the old road to the dam. The line above it is the existing road. Gap council buys 48 acres for watershed
BIG STONE GAP — Following a closed session at a Wednesday special council meeting, council voted unanimously to purchase the S.W. Warren property which borders the Big Cherry watershed for $...
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Doug Nickels of Boy Scout Troop 603 and local veteran Bob Pettry read names on the veterans memorial that is part of the Eagle Scout project for troop member Jesse Austin, as fellow scouts Zachary Barnette and Alex Dean look on. Scout honors vets with memorial project
Last year, Appalachia High School junior and Boy Scout Troop 603 member Jesse Austin started a community service project to document the names of all those buried in his home town’s cemetery...
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Gap police investigate Sunday robbery
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BIG STONE GAP — Big Stone Gap police, joined by area law enforcement, ended up in a high-speed chase Sunday night, hitting speeds of 90 to 100 miles an hour in pursuit of a vehicle fleeing the scen...
Children's learning event draws big crowd
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BIG STONE GAP — More than 100 adults and a host of children participated in Saturday's "Discovering the World of Children" grant-funded child development workshop held Saturday at Mountain Empire C...
Gap Holiday Crafts Fair is Nov. 21-22
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BIG STONE GAP — Look for young to veteran crafters and some great pre-Christmas bargains at the 24th annual Big Stone Gap Parks and Recreation Holiday Crafts Fair, set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Satu...
Gap police seek man, launch Tips line
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BIG STONE GAP — Police are seeking information from anyone who has knowledge of a man who may have been involved in a Monday car theft at a downtown beauty salon. Police recovered the vehicle short...
Veterans' parade, Silver Star ceremony set
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BIG STONE GAP — Following a 1 p.m. Veterans Tribute Parade on Wood Avenue Saturday, Vietnam veteran and retired Maj. Joe Rasnick will conduct a ceremony to award the Silver Star to Pvt. Haywood Gi...
Tip results in Duffield couple's arrest for theft
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BIG STONE GAP — Acting on an anonymous tip from an individual who recognized pictures in The Post newspaper last Thursday, officers were able to positively identify a Duffield couple as the individ...
Police arrest woman in drug theft
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BIG STONE GAP — Less than 12 hours after two totes containing hundreds of Schedule II and Schedule IV drugs were stolen from a CVS delivery van, police arrested a Pound woman and recovered the pill...