Wise County News

"Let the servants who perform the duties of their office well be considered doubly worthy of honor, especially those who labor faithfully in the word and teaching." I Timothy 5:17 Serving the Lord, his church, the community and country is a way of life for James R. Porter of Wytheville.

A small crowd of a few dozen activists turned out Thursday for the first local showing of "Coal Country," a film depicting the downside of mountaintop mining that will soon air on public television.

On Thursday, the Collegiate Times published a letter to the editor entitled "Ad misrepresents coal issue on campus" . Ironically, this letter is woefully inaccurate and misrepresents both the Sierra Club's Oct.

Three Kingsport men were arrested Wednesday after police accused them of leading a burglary ring that stretched some 100 miles through a half a dozen jurisdictions, and stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of electronics from unlocked cars.

BIG STONE GAP, Va. - A raucous crowd arrived Thursday for a public hearing on the future of permits allowing surface mine waste to be dumped into streams.

In late July, in the heart of Appalachia, thousands crowded onto a southwest Virginia fairground for the annual Wise County free medical clinic led byA Remote Area Medical ,A a volunteer medical relief corps based out of Tennessee.

From the troubled waters of the Chesapeake Bay to building mammoth coal plants, energy and environmental issues are on the minds of Virginians.

To come to High Knob, at the dawn of the leaf-peeping season, seems both sad and promising.

TAZEWELL, Va. - A long-awaited wind energy economic impact study for Tazewell County could be ready as early as next week.

Giving teachers an opportunity to fly on a jet that simulates zero gravity also offers that experience vicariously to the students in their classrooms.

Environmentalists are appealing a ruling upholding a permit governing carbon dioxide emissions at a Dominion Virginia Power plant under construction in Virginia's coalfields.

WISE, Va. - In a split vote Wednesday, the Wise County Board of Supervisors killed a proposal to commit money to the consolidation of six high schools into three new ones.

WISE a ' A proposal to commit $44 million to a proposed consolidation of Wise Countya TMs six high schools into three new facilities has died in a tie.

Wise county, Virginia deputies charged two men with breaking and entering, grand larceny and destruction of property.

It's interesting what happens when a democracy gets stuck with a two-party system, isn't it? After my original September 2 post about Creigh Deeds' environmental stance and again after my September 8 follow-up , I got some passionate and informed comments from readers.

COEBURN, Va. - Celebrating her 100th birthday today, Nita Bond is not too old to party - nowhere near.

If they study hard today, today's coal miners' sons and daughters might grow up to mine the moon for the fuel of the future.

June Tolliver House moves to autumn hours As the Trail of the Lonesome Pine outdoor drama closes its 46th season, the June Tolliver House Gift Shop and Museum adjusts hours to the autumn schedule.

In 1634, the first sheriff in America was sworn into office. His name was William Stone and he was appointed sheriff of Accomac Shire, now Accomack County, on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

LEXINGTON - The city missed out the first time on stimulus money to fund sewer line repairs, but when several project bids came in below budget, the state was able to add that and five other projects to the list.