Cedar Bluff News

Bryan Anthony Boyd, age 27, of Raven, Va., passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 following a short illness.

Dennis Ray Hamm, age 78, of Pounding Mill, Va., passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 in Cedar Bluff, Va., following a long battle with cancer.

A man was killed when his car ran off the road in Tazewell County Wednesday. It happened at noon on Route 16 Alternate; that's one mile south of Route 19/460. State Police say 62-year-old Roger Leeman Dye of Cedar Bluff ran his car off the road, went up an embankment and struck a tree.

A 62-year-old Cedar Bluff man died in a single vehicle accident near Crab Orchard Museum Dec.

RICHLANDS, Va. - Mr. Clarence Howard Vance, age 89, of Richlands, Va., passed away, Monday, December 7, 2009 in a Richlands, Va.

By JIM TALBERT\Staff RICHLANDS - It wouldn't be the holiday season without a parade and several are on tap in the area this week.

A Pounding mill man is charged with embezzlement, grand larceny, larceny with intent to sell or distribute stolen property and selling stolen property.

Dolly Fern Hale, age 79, of Cedar Bluff, Va., passed away Saturday, November 21, 2009.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Involuntary manslaughter, possession of controlled substances, and possession of child pornography were among the indictments handed down by the latest session of the Tazewell County Grand Jury.

By JIM TALBERT\Staff TAZEWELL - Charges of manslaughter, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and shooting into an occupied dwelling house were certified to grand jury Nov.

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - Henry Jess Luttrell, age 85, of Cedar Bluff, Va., died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home.

RICHLANDS, Va. - Faced with a growing number of illegal trash dumps in Tazewell County, officials are proposing a new trash removal service in the Northwestern District that could eventually become a county-wide program.

After a year of service in Iraq, dozens of Southwest Virginia soldiers are back in the arms of loved ones tonight.

Despite a troubled state economy, the tourism industry is still booming in Virginia.

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - A sun-splashed southwestern Virginia day welcomed thousands of visitors to the 32nd annual Cedar Bluff Heritage Festival as the western Tazewell County, Va., town with a population of about 1,100 people was bursting at the seams with guests.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Two familiar topics - wind turbines and classrooms without air-conditioning - are still creating controversy in Tazewell County.

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - A lot of public officials report assets on their financial disclosure forms - land, houses, investments - but those who own the most are often the ones taking the biggest risks: the entrepreneurs.

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - A lot of public officials report assets on their financial disclosure forms - land, houses, investments - but those who own the most are often the ones taking the biggest risks: the entrepreneurs.

Renting a home or business location in Richlands might best be accomplished by contacting members of the Town Council or the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors.

Jamie "Renee" Patton Mitchell, 50, of Fredericksburg, formerly of Cedar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Aug.