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Memories often tied to physical structures
Note: This is part of a series of articles on houses and buildings which continue to stir our imagination and restore our sense of physical and mental happiness. The Appalachia Cultural Arts build...
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Weather could fool groundhog this winter
Appalachia United Methodist Church workers have completed a very big construction job on the steps leading into the fellowship hall. The concrete steps were removed and a handicap ramp was installe...
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MEOC hosting free online workshops
Are you looking for a health education program to do at home this winter? Mountain Empire Older Citizens is working in partnership with the LENOWISCO Health District to offer free Chronic Disease S...
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Wear red Friday to help raise awareness
Women lead busy lives as they keep their families on the go, while frequently working outside the home and supplying that extra touch of love to relatives and friends. These same women are known f...
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Everyday expressions play on pet allusions
I make no bones about it. Hot “dog,” have I got a column for you this week. You’re dog-gone tootin’! I mean, it’s the cat’s meow. Have you ever stopped to think how many expressions we use in e...
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Church plans Men’s Breakfast this Sunday
Happy Birthday to Rachel Quillin, Feb. 2; Mary Bellemare, Feb. 3; Donnie Guerrant, Feb. 6; Juanita Egan, Feb. 6; Carlyle Hamilton, Feb. 6; and Georgia Thompson, Feb. 8. Happy Anniversary wishes ...
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Lt. Col. Dan Hill, left, with Capt. Dave Masters and Big Stone Gap’s 1032nd Transportation Company during the unit’s 1989 summer camp.
‘Magnificent’ Gap native recounts military career
Richard Dan Hill’s 25-year Army career included stays in Germany, Korea and Vietnam and saw him obtain the rank of lieutenant colonel. He met presidents, the heads of corporations and military lead...
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Clubhouse remembered as popular gathering place
Part 2 of 2 In the town of Big Stone Gap there is a brown-shingled building located in the near-center of town. The building is now a coal museum named for the late Harry Meador Jr. The history t...
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Childhood games, activities kept kids healthy
They tell us now that a really growing concern about our young people is obesity. Of course, it is a growing concern for adults as well. I really don’t remember more than one or two obese kids wh...
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