Big Stone Gap News

BIG STONE GAP, Va. - There's a whole lot riding on an abandoned rail spur even though trains no longer do.

The Roanoke human services offices on Williamson Road were evacuated when a gas leak was reported Friday morning, fire officials said.

Washington County will receive more than $2.5 million in federal funding to expand the reach of a sewage treatment program.

The Store I have rented from Colorama in Big Stone Gap now since June. I rented a flat screen TV, a set of beautiful crystal lamps, a computer, an air conditioner and guitar heroes game and guitar.

Gov. Tim Kaine and his staff are hitting the road again. Kaine, his Cabinet and members of his Senior Staff are conducting their 14th Cabinet Community Day on Friday.

A Powhatan County judge sentenced two cousins convicted of killing a popular high school athlete to the maximum term but indicated he didn't think it was enough time.

Gov. Tim Kaine, his cabinet and members of his senior staff are coming to town Friday, June 5, as part of a Cabinet Community Day event.

Why I'm going to Richmond this weekend to vote at the Republican convention for John Brownlee: 1. He was the U.S. Attorney for the W.D. Va., the head lawyer for the United States of America in half of Virginia.

All his life, Brian Moran has been the dutiful son. The youngest of seven in a sprawling, working-class Irish Catholic family in the Boston area, he was the one who was sent, uncomplaining, to spend the summer in a trailer with a disagreeable aunt in the remote Maine woods when he was 9. He studied economics instead of history at the request of his ...

First responders in Coeburn, Norton and Big Stone Gap will soon have new equipment to help them do their jobs, thanks to $180,000 in federal stimulus funds recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculturea s Rural Development Agency.

Shoes are irresistible, it seems. Just like S ex & the City 's fictional Carrie Bradshaw, thousands of real-life shoe addicts have closets stuffed full of impractical high-heeled creations and still want more.

Take a moment Monday, Memorial Day, to remember those who paid the ultimate price for their country.

It's no surprise bestselling author Adriana Trigiani chose to write about shoes in her latest novel, Very Valentine.

Kaine speaking at UVa-Wise today Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is the keynote speaker for today's graduation at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

IF YOU love books, Aberdeen is the place to be this weekend. More than 11,000 people are expected to flock to the city, where more than 60 authors will take part in 130 events aimed at amusing not just the very old and very young, but all those in between.

Gloomy economy and shrinking job market aside, the future offers reason for optimism, Gov.

The Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department's annual Kids' Fishing Day, which had been set for this Saturday after being postponed from last week due to weather, has been canceled until sometime in the fall.

Neighborhood Watch Programs set Sheriff Ronnie Oakes and the Wise County Sheriffa TMs Office are coordinating Neighborhood Watch programs throughout Wise County.

Bill Gobble of the Wise County Historical Society will present a genealogy program at the Wise County Public Library this afernoon at 1 p.m. Gobble's program is a part of The Big Read, Lonesome Pine Regional Library's celebration of Willa Cather's pioneer book, My Antonia.

The Big Stone Gap Planning Commission has set two meetings for Monday, May 11, the first at 5:30 p.m. to elect a chairman and vice-chairman and take care of organizational matters, and the second at 6 p.m. for a regular meeting.