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Southwest Virginia needs another power plant, said Del. Bud Phillips, D-Castlewood, who announced at Monday's Southwest Virginia Legislative Forum that he's working to bring a natural gas-fired power plant to the region.

Last summer, when interviewed for this article, Gena Greene's work was on display in the Weber City flea market in Weber City, Virginia.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Thursday, November 12, 2009. More than $5,000 in cash, a large amount of marijuana and other controlled substances were discovered during a routine traffic stop in Gate City.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Carter Frazier, a decorated World War II soldier, plays a patriotic medley of songs on his harmonica at the Gate City Veterans Day Program held at Grogan Park.

Area lawmakers aren't yet willing to embrace a controversial plan that would allow Bristol Virginia Utilities to form an independent, public authority.

The proposed King College medical school gained considerable traction Thursday, receiving a $25 million grant that assures it would be built in Virginia.

Thousands of people purchased $5 raffle tickets in hopes of winning the one-of-a-kind work of art.

We're living on bloody soil here in Washington County. Plantations were burned along Holston Lake.

Here's a teaser for an upcoming new zombie film shot in and around Gate City, Virginia.

Single A Football Rankings VirginiaPreps.com last sorted on 10/13/2009 Team Record Pvs.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Thursday, October 15, 2009. Lisa Watson McCarty Publisher Editor's Note: This is an abbreviated copy of the original story that was published in the Oct.

BJ does have experience in the thrift store business. She used to own a thrift store about 12 years ago in Gate City, Virginia, and another in Kingsport, Tennessee.

The right's animosity toward the American Civil Liberties Union puzzles as much as it vexes me.

Gate City High School, Gate City, Va. In an ironic twist, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter on Thursday to a rural Virginia high school defending the right of students to mount a protest at Friday night's football game.

Significant renovation work on the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance's heritage center project could begin later this year or early 2010, organizers said Monday.

Sept. 28, 2009 BOOK REVIEW: 'The Bonfire': Finally! A Comprehensive Study of the Siege and Burning of Atlanta in 1864 Reviewed By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Civil War buffs whose knowledge of the burning of Atlanta in 1864 has been essentially limited to the cinematic portrayal in "Gone With the Wind" are in for a treat with ...

Scott Co., Va. - Three teenagers are in jail today after conspiring to kill one of the boy's relatives so they could steal from them.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Cardiologist Freddie Williams, a Gate City native, came home last month - after 14 years of medical school at Harvard, Duke and the University of Virginia - to tell area women how to love their hearts.

Delegate Danny Marshall, R-14th District, outraised his Democratic challenger, Seward Anderson, by more than $50,000 during the latest campaign period - from July 1 to Aug.

Last summer I wrote about a local artist who has given up his booth, but is still often found shopping, at the Weber City flea market.