Buchanan County News

By JIM TALBERT\Staff TAZEWELL - Several new faces will soon be taking their seats in the local government.

A federal measure that includes millions for economic development, public safety, the environment and advances in clean coal technologies is now law.

Millions in additional federal flood-proofing dollars are flowing into the Southwest Virginia town of Grundy.

A reclaimed mountaintop mining removal project is creating urgently needed new jobs in far Southwest Virginia.

The Virginia State Bar has revoked the license of a Grundy, Va., attorney who improperly pocketed at least $200,000 over two years from the trust accounts of an estate he managed, according to State Bar documents.

The rule of threes suggests things are funnier, more effective, and more satisfying when they come in threes than any other number.

Grundy, Va., officials broke ground Monday on the Buchanan County town's new downtown.

The Virginia Department of Transportation awarded a $90 million contract Wednesday to design and build phase one of the U.S. Route 460 Connector project in Buchanan County.

A few years ago I wrote about Roger Mayhorn's amazing mountaintop home in Buchanan County.

A trio of good news announcements Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., will reap benefits for Tazewell and Buchanan counties.

A project to literally move downtown Grundy, Virginia reaches a major milestone.

HURLEY, Va. - A southwest Virginia man was being held on suspicion of killing three of his neighbors this week, including a married couple, Buchanan County authorities said Saturday.

HURLEY, Va. - A southwest Virginia man was being held on suspicion of killing three of his neighbors this week, including a married couple, Buchanan County authorities said Saturday.

A ribbon-cutting will be held this morning for the long-awaited completion of a floodwall and four-lane highway through town.

HURLEY, Va. - A southwest Virginia man was being held on suspicion of killing three of his neighbors this week, including a married couple, Buchanan County authorities said Saturday.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., announced Friday the award of an additional $4 million for the ongoing Grundy Flood Control and Redevelopment Project.

For the past 31 years, Cokesbury United Methodist Church has made a pilgrimage from Knoxville to one of the poorest regions in the country.

Virginia State Police are currently investigating what Sgt. Michael Conroy refers to as "an unusual crash" on Route 707 Bear Branch in the Russell Prater section of Buchanan County.

A three-day Coalfields Folklife Festival in Buchanan County will take place in the historic coal-mining town of Grundy on June 5-7. It is sponsored by Virginia Cooperative Extension with USDAa s Renewable Resources Extension Act.

The word "accident" still sticks in the throat of Jim Goff when he talks about the 2006 vehicle collision that claimed the life of his brother and a Buchanan County supervisor.