Big Stone Gap News

The first of a series of community forums over high school consolidation in Wise County attracted about 50 people to Coeburn High School on Monday.

Blue Highway self-produced and recorded this album in Big Stone Gap, Virginia which gives this record an organic flow that compliments their timeless rustic musical style.

Federal investigators say an error in bolting the roof of a Wise County mine caused an April 22 collapse that killed a Big Stone Gap man.

Municipal water supply officials in Wise County are hoping the upcoming holidays will be safe, enjoyable and soaking wet for all.

Employees of Wise County's constitutional offices will get a 4 percent bump in pay and benefits for the remainder of the current fiscal year after all following approval by the Board of Supervisors on Thursday ...

In the Kurt Russell movie "Tombstone," there's a brief mention of a guy named "Texas Jack." This character charges through the Wild West, riding on a rampage with Wyatt Earp - played by Russell - as part of a ...

Supporters and foes of school consolidation squared off at J.J. Kelly High School on Monday over the Wise County School Board's proposal to close the county's six high schools after building three new, modern ...

A sad ending looms for a wildly popular program that provides free books for children under 5 in Wise, Lee and Scott counties and the city of Norton.

A Gate City man accused of paying an undercover state agent to kill a relative has pleaded not guilty to solicitation of first-degree murder.

Supporters and opponents of school consolidation turned out Monday to voice their opinions on a plan by the Wise County School Board to consolidate the county's six old high schools into three new ones.

Amidst all the speeches by polished political professionals reverberating off the walls of Mountain Empire Community College's Goodloe Center on Sunday, the quiet voice of a single voter pretty much said it ...

Forums will gather citizen input to help guide the creation of an action plan to improve health in the region.

Last week, Julie Hensley made one of her thousands of phone calls on behalf of Barack Obama.

A Wise County, VA jury sentenced a Big Stone Gap man to 40 years in prison for selling cocaine.

A high school consolidation showdown will return to J.J. Kelly High School more than four years after the first public airing of the issue there wrought division and turmoil across Wise County.

Despite the chill and rain, vendors were setting up Friday for Home Craft Days, an annual festival expected to draw as many as 20,000 people to the campus of the Mountain Empire Community College.

In a world where our ambitions seem just as lucrative an offer as the next, one local author has decided to step outside of the norm and appeal to the regional flavor, diverse artistic culture and heritage of ...

A Tennessee coal company and a mine supervisor have pleaded guilty to violating federal mine safety rules at a Virginia operation.

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