University of Virginia's College at Wise News

Police say a married couple in southwestern Virginia has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Washington County Sheriff's authorities told the Bristol Herald Courier that deputies responded to a call for help early Saturday.

Sandeep Kharidhi was named analytics leader at Merkle Inc., a customer relationship marketing agency based in Columbia, Md., leaving Acxiom Corp., where he led the analytics team.

The new $14.4 million fine and performing arts facility at the University of Virginia's College at Wise was officially named the Gilliam Center for the Arts by the college's board.

No law requires Virginia legislators to disclose income from state or local government entities.

English instructors Stephen and Jennifer Mooney met when they were undergraduate students at University of Virginia's College at Wise and have been inseparable since.

Brunswick County has many published authors, and the latest batch of books from locals now on bookstore shelves range from tales of college philosophers to juicy fiction to sea turtle adventures.

Betty Cornett and J.H. Rivers didn't set out to be public officials. But now Cornett, a former member of the Wise County Board of Supervisors, serves on the county's School Board and Rivers, her husband, is on the Board of Supervisors.

Betty Cornett and J.H. Rivers didn't set out to be public officials. But now Cornett, a former member of the Wise County Board of Supervisors, serves on the county's School Board and Rivers, her husband, is on the Board of Supervisors.

The sixth annual Wise County Relay for life, set for this Friday, has been moved to the Burchell "Slew" Stallard Baseball Field at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

Dr. George Edwards, president of Big Sandy Community and Technical College and the college's provost Dr.

Ground was broken Wednesday for a $30 million Convocation Center at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

ROTC program begins this fall at UVa-Wise The University of Virginia's College at Wise will offer an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program this fall, now that it has partnered with East Tennessee State University to provide commissioned and non-commissioned officers for the program.

The college in the southwest Virginia county where Dominion Virginia Power is building a coal-fired power plant has named the utility's CEO to its board of visitors.

One day after a scathing state report accused five William Fleming High School administrators of manipulating standardized tests, the school's 350 graduates celebrated their commencement Friday in a festive ceremony.

One of my neighbors says she is amazed I can write as well as I do given how sloppy I sometimes talk, saying, "Ain't got no," "them dogs" or using verbs like "fixing" and "holler." You can blame this, perhaps, on a blending of cultures.

Virginia State University was given full certification by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia yesterday, reversing a decision it had made the day before.

Paying for college just got easier for seven Virginia students. They are among 809 students nationwide who received scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year through Verizon's scholarship program for the children and dependents of company employees.

Virginia State University and two colleges were told today to come up with remedial plans to address why they have failed to meet certain performance standards required under state law.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine delivered the keynote address for the 299 graduates of the University Of Virginia's College at Wise Saturday.