County schools’ Special Education Advisory Committee is inducting new members after many years of maintaining the same personnel. At its July 27 meeting, the School Board...

Coal miners can receive free, confidential black lung screenings Aug. 15-19 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Call 888/480-4042 to schedule...

The county School Board approved several personnel actions at its July 27 meeting. TRANSFER • Cheri Taylor will be transferred from bus number 9 to bus number 3 in the...

No-cost dental, vision and medical care will be offered Aug. 15-24 during the Health Wagon’s Move Mountains Medical Mission. The event will take place at the Wise County...

County supervisors have approved federal funding allocations to fix gaps in the 911 dispatching system and to help a local rescue squad. Meeting July 26, the board agreed...

Ridgeview Elementary School’s power has been turned on and other key construction milestones are upcoming. Tim Burge from Skanska gave the School...

Dickenson County reported 55 new COVID-19 cases in one week. On Aug. 2, the Virginia Department of Health reported a total of 3,738 cases since the pandemic began. As of...

The county has an economic development director. County supervisors voted last Thursday to hire Dana Cronkhite, according to a Tuesday press...

Less than a month after creating a disaster relief fund to help flood victims in Buchanan County, United Way of Southwest Virginia has announced the creation of new funds...

Members of Ninth District U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith’s staff will be available at the following local sites to meet with citizens during August: • Aug. 10: Big Stone Gap...

When University of Virginia’s College at Wise alumna Emily Gibson graduated in 2019, she didn’t expect to teach science or instruct students virtually. “In college my...

Payments have gone out to Virginia localities for their share of an opioid lawsuit settlement with distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal...

Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in coming days: • Thursday, Aug. 4, noon-6 p.m., Food City, Wise. • Tuesday, Aug....

The new fiscal 2022-23 county schools budget includes roughly $1.38 million of funds not spent in fiscal 2021-22. The carryover will offset substantial decreases across...

Do you have an idea for a business or want to expand an existing one? The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is offering a new program to...