Galax News

RICHMOND aS' Virginia's suicide rate is the highest it's been in 13 years, according to the state's chief medical examiner.

Alan Lomax, right, listens to a recording with Wade Ward in Galax, Va., in August 1959.

Bakers from Pulaski County and Galax recently took home the "bread" in Southwest Virginia Fresh's Blossom & Grow Fest baked goods contest in Draper.

Thanks to partnerships with Wytheville Community College and a handful of four-year colleges in Virginia, local students can now earn associates', bachelors' and masters' degrees without having to leave Galax.

Acting on a citizen's tip that missing teenager Desiree Travers was staying at a house in Galax, local authorities found the 15-year-old early Wednesday morning, leading to the arrest of a Galax man.

Wytheville, VA- The Appalachian Cultural Music Association's "Blue Ridge Acoustic Uprising" held in Wytheville, VA on April 12th and 13th was a huge success, especially for the musicians and the youth musicians who participated in the event.

Big Country Bluegrass was formed by husband and wife Tommy and Teresa Sells in the late 1980s and took its' name from Tommy's coon-hunting buddy Jimmy Martin's instrumental Big Country.

Thanks to partnerships with Wytheville Community College and a handful of four-year colleges in Virginia, local students can now earn associates', bachelors' and masters' degrees without having to leave Galax.