The Wise County School Board spent more than two hours Tuesday hearing public statements and deliberating over whether to send students to their respective schools, but...

Three people have been sentenced in relation to a February shooting incident that left a man dead and two people wounded. Marshea Noell Absher,...

The Wise County Board of Supervisors has informally agreed to seek $5 million in bond financing for a new county social services department building. Plans call for...

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy has officially endorsed awarding several millions of dollars in federal abandoned mine land economic development...

If anyone continues to have doubts about the dire prospects for mining coal to produce electricity, here is a staggering bit of news. Wednesday morning, the Virginia Coal...

Wise County’s jobless rate ticked up slightly in July to 8.9 percent, with 1,200 people identified as unemployed by the Virginia Employment Commission. According to the...

The town of Pound has kicked off its Rally SWVA program. On Sept. 3, nearly 20 people attended the organizational meeting for the effort, some in person and some...

A new grant fund to help businesses struggling in the wake of COVID-19 is now accepting applications. Tuesday night, Norton City Manager Fred Ramey told city council that...

A partnership announced Wednesday will provide commercial-scale solar installations in the coalfields and employ local workers, according to the participating...

A Mountain Empire Community College employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the college announced Aug. 29. “The employee is self-isolated, according to CDC and local...

A Big Stone Gap man is being held in jail on charges including the murder of his grandmother. Joshua Blake Smith, 31, was arrested Thursday after...

Employees and students at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise have been notified that an employee tested positive for COVID-19. College spokesperson Kathy Still...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 31 between Monday and Thursday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday morning that the...

Someone who had been in a Norton school was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, parents and guardians learned in a letter the school system sent Thursday. Other data on the...

Several people have been indicted by a Wise County grand jury on charges involving alleged theft, drug crimes and more. Those indicted Aug. 19 include: THEFT • Jordan...