You ask, We Investigate: Governor says nearly $53,000 Red-Carpet Tour good...
When Gov. Bob McDonnell hosted 14 CEO's and senior executives in Southwest Virginia last September he and Virginia's taxpayers rolled out the red carpet.
View ArticleUVa-Wise, THS hold graduation ceremonies Saturday
ANDRE TEAGUE/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Graduating seniors of Tennessee High march into the Stone Castle Saturday morning for their commencement ceremony.
View ArticleRockford Christian Picks Carpenter 5/23/12
Rockford, Illinois-Chad Carpenter is the new head football coach at Rockford Christian High School.
View ArticleOpera to be performed at playhouse
Opera is coming to the June Tolliver Playhouse. The Southwest Virginia Summer Opera Company, a program of the University of Virginia's College at Wise, will perform Aaron Copland's "The Tender Land" at...
View ArticleCity sewer, water connection fee hikes go forward
Two ordinances, one that would increase the fees for connecting to city sewer and a separate ordinance that would also increase the fee for water connections have passed first reading.
View ArticleTwo Southwest Virginia communities mourning loss of five young people
The deaths of the two Wise County teens were included in the total number of 10 people who died in nine crashes on Virginia highways over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
View ArticleDuffield inmate indicted on capital murder charge
Shannon Bellamy, 21, of Gate City, Va., is accused of killing fellow inmate, Jeffery Kilgore, 42, of Wise, Va., in April.
View ArticleWise man arrested on child sex charge
A county man remains in jail without bond after he was arrested on a child abuse charge earlier this week.
View ArticleHanging Mary Wins Barter Theatre's 2012 Appalachian Festival of Plays and...
Barter Theatre has announced the winners of the 2012 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights that was held July 6 - July 13.
View ArticleUVa-Wise breaks ground for Winston Ely Health and Wellness Center
ANDRE TEAGUE/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Artist's rendering of the new Winston Ely Health and Wellness Center that will be built onto the existing C. Bascom Slemp Student Center at UVa-Wise. ANDRE...
View ArticleRadio One's Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Expo
Experts on health, finance, food and beauty will be under one roof Saturday, July 21, from 11:30am to 6pm at Richmond Raceway Complex for Radio One's Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise Expo .
View ArticleRAM Wise 11
Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier - Jonathan Dockery from Nicklesville, Va., received dental work from Dr.
View ArticleClinic provides free care for remote patients
Dr. Bill Hazel, an orthopedic surgeon and Virginia's secretary of health and human services, talks to Delmar Bradley, 54, of Castlewood about his left knee.
View ArticleCheap natural gas, mild winter, more cited in coal's downturn
Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier - Miners Charles Barnette, left, and Lee Kegley talk about the OSAKA Mine where they work.
View ArticleSouthwestern or Southwest -- which is best?
I have friends who live in Northern Virginia and southern Virginia, and family on the Eastern Shore.
View ArticleMartha B. Hamrick
215 died early Monday morning, July 23, 2012, at her residence. She was born May 28, 1927, in Rolla, a daughter of James A. and Martha Smyth Brown.
View ArticleThe Nation: Women's Health Takes Another Hit
An unidentified woman displays a ticket number as patients line up in the pre-dawn hours waiting to get into the non-profit Remote Area Medical clinic held at the county fairgrounds July 20 in Wise, Va.
View ArticleFree healthcare in Appalachia
July 20, 3:30am; Wise, Virginia. Early morning darkness covered the hills and valleys.
View ArticleMother of slain Va. inmate claims guard conspiracy
This Jan. 25, 2011 file photo shows Robert Gleason Jr. as he is escorted into a Wise County courtroom in Wise, Va.
View ArticleIn the Zone: News for Kids
Rebecca Williams Spindler of from Madison, Wis., whose family is originally from Gate City, Va., connected with Mountain Girl Press of Bristol, Va., a few years ago when her short story was included in...
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