I have just finished reading Marcus Brotherton's book, "Shifty's War". It concerns Darrell "Shifty" Powers, a Dickenson County native. Shifty grew up in Clinchco, but his roots go back to Frying P...
Surry County ends Lady Rebels' dream season RICHMOND — The Ervinton Lady Rebels' dream season ended with a abrupt burst of quickness Thursday in the Virginia High School League Group A Division 1 basketball state semifinals. The Surry Count...
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KEVIN MAYS - Associate Sports EditorCoalfield.Com
Deacons dominate Greenwave in diamond opener ST. PAUL —The St. Paul Deacons basically returned their roster from last year and the experience showed in their first game of the year. St. Paul (1-0), behind the pitching of Dallas Hileman, shu...
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BILL ANDERSON - Outdoors ColumnistCoalfield.Com
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At their Virginia annual meeting, the Wild Turkey Federation elected Master Officer Greg Funkhouser as conservation officer (game warden) of the year for the state of Virginia. At the National Wil...
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ALLISON MULLINS O'QUINN - Legends ColumnistCoalfield.Com
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Eudy Belcher had plenty of playmates growing up, her brothers and sisters and her first cousins, the Kilgore children. John Belcher's sister Josephine (Josie) married Dock Kilgore and their proper...
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BILL ANDERSON - Outdoors ColumnistCoalfield.Com
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Folks keep telling me that they see black bears and the hunter kill number keeps rising. Two have been bagged in Dickenson County in recent years. Both were large ones and one was by a lady. Bear...
COUNCIL — Haysi's Sarah Stiltner is known for her rebounding, and teammate Holly Bowman is known for scoring 1,000 career points. As Twin Valley learned in the Black Diamond District semifinals, t...
COUNCIL — For three quarters it was a typical Haysi-Honaker basketball game: close. The fourth quarter, however, was quite different. The Honaker Tigers held the Haysi Tigers to six points in the...
COUNCIL — With one week to go in the regular season four of five boys teams and three out of five girls teams had a shot at a Black Diamond District title. Four of them took another shot at the to...
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ALLISON MULLINS O'QUINN - Legends ColumnistCoalfield.Com
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Last week, we took a look at the members of Haysi girls basketball team who started the record streak of 78 games without a loss and the first season in the streak. An article in The Bristol Heral...