Big Island News

If you asked Big Island natives about the weather during much of the past century, a prediction may have come after a tilt of the head.

A 200-foot-tall smokestack that's been a landmark for a Bedford County community since the late 1920s is coming down.

Beach access, limited facilities and harassment of visitors were among the many concerns Big Islanders feel the state needs to address in its new master plan for the Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park.

A Honolulu company will be paid $70 million to remove more unexploded artillery shells, grenades and other World War II ordnance from old training sites near Waimea on the Big Island.

The Sedalia Center is hosting its first fundraiser this weekend, featuring the tunes of The Worx.

The Sedalia Center is hosting its first fundraiser this weekend, featuring the tunes of The Worx.

Bedford County became the first county in Western Virginia to start a virtual school using a Web-based curriculum.

As usual, the blues will be hot in Sedalia this summer. Alligator Records artist Burks has been playing guitar since he was a wee lad, and now he's a giant, in stature and on his instrument.

The springtime phenomenon causing fish to develop lesions or die from illness may have been tempered this year in the upper James River by the cold, wet spring.

Good match up in American Legion play Friday night at Forest Middle School. Big Island faces Lynchburg in a battle of 4-and-1 teams going in.

A Bedford County man will go to jail for selling roosters for cockfighting. Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike on Tuesday sentenced Avery Fitzgerald to a four-month term after he pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding, abetting or promoting animal fighting.

Bedford Co., VA - According to VDOT 's website, Route 501 in Bedford County has been re-opened as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday.