Big Stone Gap News

The cost-shifting has been done and any savings were found long ago. Without additional money to fund Virginia's Medicaid program, hospitals will be forced to cut quality, services and jobs.

NORTON, Va. - Coal underlies more than the landscape in Southwest Virginia: It's the lifeblood that fuels the region's economy, identity and heritage.

Appalachian Postal Service is adjusting its mail collection time for Friday due to the storms.

Big Stone Gap, located in the mountains of Southwest Virginia near the Tennessee and Kentucky borders, holds many attractions that make it a perfect choice for a weekend getaway or week-long family vacation.

For the five years Tori Chisholm has been held in a mountaintop prison near the Kentucky border, there haven't been many visitors from back home in Richmond.

U.S. District Judge Glen M. Williams is retiring after 34 years in the position.

When emergency situations develop, or might develop, this blog shifts from light-hearted observations to strictly business.

News : Music of Coal wins Historical Album Award BMNN wrote: on Jan. 23, 2010: Big Stone Gap, VA -- by Ida Holyfield A collection of coal mining tunes published by a local youth organization has garnered an international award for Best Historical Album, catching local officials off-guard because they had no idea their recording project was being ...

This morning 50 people were arrested and charged with drug-related offenses in Wise Co., Va.

Adriana Trigiani, author of Very Valentine , won top honors in the RUSA Reading List for genre fiction in the women's fiction category.

Adriana Trigiani, author of Very Valentine , won top honors in the RUSA Reading List for genre fiction in the women's fiction category.

JONESVILLE, Va. a ' Lee County authorities tracked down a suspected burglar after two reported convenience store break-ins lead them across county lines.

Roughly $4.6 million in grants will help five Virginia communities fund downtown revitalization projects and improve housing conditions.

Bristol Virginia Police Department Dec. 17 * Police went to check on a "vagrant harassing customers" near the Sprint Store on Linden Drive.

She said she unwittingly sent a note to all of her friends claiming she'd been in an accident in England and needed them to wire money for her recovery.

Wilma Smith of Big Stone Gap received free cataract surgery from Vistar in Salem.

The Lexington Herald-Leader quoted state police in reporting a federal indictment was unsealed Tuesday after four of the suspects were arrested.

VANSANT, Va. - Mr. Henry M. Barton, age 80, of Vansant, Va., passed away Sunday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Henrietta and Harold Hale, following an extended illness.

Here you can see the proposed local rules for the Western District of Virginia. Gen. R. 2 is good - civil cases should be filed in the right jury division.

Chainsaws, Clowns And More Await The Public At Local 'Haunted Forests' We've been chased by chainsaws.