Changes are coming to Wise County and Norton government following the November election. In the city, Commissioner of Revenue Judy Miller and longtime Sheriff Carlos Noaks...

Pound council member Clifton Cauthorne wants to know what citizens think about the prospect of ceasing to be an incorporated town. Apparently, other council members are...

The Coalfield Progress does not publish information that could identify the victim of a sex crime. A Coeburn man faces charges of attempted murder, abduction and more...

Virginia will not require public schools to mandate mask wearing during the 2021-22 school year, but state guidance strongly encourages that local school divisions do...

A Wise County sheriff’s deputy is injured and a teen is dead after an altercation Saturday afternoon in the Dunbar community. According to Virginia State Police, the...

Commonwealth Attorney Chuck Slemp is asking the Wise County circuit court to name a special prosecutor for pending criminal cases involving the former Pound police...

UPDATE: Virginia State Police have released the following statement: “At the request of the Wise County Sheriff, the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal...

Former Pound town employee Tamari “Tammy” Hayes pleaded guilty Monday to seven counts of embezzlement from the town. Under an agreement struck by special prosecutor Dan...

WISE — After hearing comments from opposing sides for two hours, the county School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to comply with the Virginia School Board Association...

While coal mining continues to decline, energy production and related industries are likely to remain dominant economic drivers in the region for years to come. Health...

Members of the local Community Remembrance Project gathered July 7 to collect soil from the sites of three documented lynching incidents in Wise...

A new study estimates that Virginia faces between $533 million and $634 million in liabilities for coal mine reclamation. However, the total of...

An eight-month-old baby girl died in a house fire early Monday morning in Exeter. According to a Virginia State Police press release, the Appalachia Fire Department...

Effective July 1, Virginia became the first southern state to legalize recreational use of small amounts of marijuana. While that action may have gotten most of the...