Big Stone Gap — Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) has announced the planned closure of the Center for Workforce and Innovation of Appalachia (CWIA), a facility that...

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D. VA) kicked off his re-election campaign Wednesday in southwest Virginia, featuring a gathering at Big Cherry Brewery in Big Stone Gap (BSG)....

Huge congratulations to our King of the Hill, Cody Puckett (Victory Fabrication), and our Queen of the Hill, Tracy Gaudu, in her orange Corvette....

Big Stone Gap, VA - July 4, 2026, deputies with the Wise County Sheriff's Office responded to Coronet Road in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, in reference to a reported homicide....

On July 4th, at approximately 06:40 AM, deputies responded to a report of a shooting on Coronet Road in Big Stone Gap, VA. Upon arrival, deputies located an individual who...

WISE, Va. — Little Cavaliers Early Learning Center will host its second annual Touch-a-Truck event on Tuesday, July 7, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the campus of the University...

LEBANON, VA – The Virginia state budget has officially approved $7 million to continue construction on a connector segment of the Coalfields Expressway (U.S. Rt. 121) in...

BIG STONE GAP – For Adam Harris, current Big Stone Gap town councilman and member of the Buccaneer Scholarship Program board, serving the organization is about much more...

As America prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I found myself asking a simple question: Where was my...

The members of Wise Fire & Rescue were honored to escort the National EMS Memorial Moving Honors procession from the Kentucky state line to the...

Emily Dawn McCoy, a 27-year-old resident of Pound, Virginia, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing cocaine and psilocybin. The sentence was...

Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) and Food City have launched their annual in-store donation campaign, running from July 1–28, 2026. This year’s effort features NASCAR...

ABINGDON, VA – Food City has announced a $800,000 pledge to local schools for the 2026-2027 academic year through its annual School Bucks Challenge.The program allows...

Wise County was well-represented at the recent 4-H State Congress, held June 16–19. Eight local youth participated in a week of state-level...

The next meeting is set for Thursday, Aug. 6 at 6:00 p.m. Only a handful of people attended the June 25th recessed meeting of the Wise County Board of Supervisors, as they...