Bland County News

Area farmers are seeing the benefits of an unseasonably warm and dry spring, but a rainfall deficit could spell problems over time as crops begin to mature into the critical growth stages, according to a local agricultural official.

Two elementary school teachers have been selected to receive the Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.

Jerry Furhman of Bland County loves to hate the stuff I write, and he loves to write about that hatred on his blog, From on High.

An amendment proposed by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., would grant dozens of local post offices as well as the Bluefield Postal Processing and Distribution Center a two-year reprieve from closure.