Glade Spring News

Jobs and economic development dominated the debate between candidates for the Taylor District seat on the county Board of Supervisors.

Shoplifting from a Wytheville Walmart got a Washington County man and his girlfriend hauled off to jail on four felony drug charges, including manufacturing methamphetamine.

Hannah Sensenig laughed and smiled from behind her purple sunglasses, swinging back and forth in the afternoon sunshine.

Bristol Virginia Utilities wants $3 million to upgrade broadband telecommunications in the region, a project that would assure backup for existing technology industries in Russell County and open the door for future technology growth.

GLADE SPRING, Va. - These bugs might be small, but they're indicators of something that's a big deal: the quality of the water we drink.

An effort by Bristol Virginia Utilities to improve broadband telecommunications could soon receive a $3 million boost.

A Glade Spring, Va., man filed a petition in Washington County Circuit Court Friday seeking to remove from office the member of the county Board of Supervisors who represents his district.

The buzz surrounding the "swine flu" virus has raised the profile of its seasonal cousin, spiking demand for the seasonal flu vaccine, local pharmacists and health officials say.

The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to open a new library in Glade Spring.

BRISTOL, Va. - Martha Jean Hulsey Bundy was ready to kick up her heels Thursday night for Virginia Intermont College.

Every aspect of being a Hokie and working here at Virginia Tech makes me proud. I love the school, I love the arts, I love the athletics and I love the whole ambiance of being a part of this world here in Blacksburg.

Shortly after the original building of Virginia Intermont College was erected, A. C. Smith, editor of the Bristol News wrote that it was very ornamental to the town.

Bristol Tennessee Police Department Sept. 7 * In between bouts of hanging up on police dispatch, a Sixth Street Extension man told them he'd found someone trying to vandalize his vehicle, but everything was OK because he chased them off in the direction of Volunteer Parkway.

A Washington County toddler suffered serious head lacerations Wednesday after being attacked by his family's 100-pound dog.

ABINGDON, Va. - One family was back in their own beds Thursday night but another remains displaced after flash-flooding ravaged their home Wednesday.

SALTVILLE, Va. - Patrolman Randall Brickey with the town's Police Department was out of isolation and back at work last week after battling a likely case of swine flu.

Billie Jo Fogleman wanted a motorcycle for her 40th birthday. So her husband, Jim, got her a shiny black Harley Davidson Sportster.

Two Washington County men have been arrested and charged with multiple felony offenses as the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Washington County Virginia Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigative Division.

Whether it's a revitalized downtown or outdoor recreation, two small Southwest Virginia towns have bucked a trend that is plaguing the Mountain Empire - a slow but steady loss of population.

In light of the release of an environmental report on the Love's truck stop proposed for Exit 24, project opponents voiced a new list of objections Tuesday.