The deadline to pay the second half of Wise County 2020 real estate and personal property taxes is Nov. 2. Normally the tax would have been due Oct. 31. However, this...

Starting Oct. 20, Chromebooks will be available for checkout at local branches of the Lonesome Pine Regional Library system. The laptops use Google Chrome as their browser...

Appalachian Regional Commission grants will help fund three very different initiatives that address critical needs in this region. In separate press releases Wednesday,...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 12 between Monday and yesterday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday morning that the...

The Wise County School Board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday aimed at exploring solar energy for some schools. The resolution gives Superintendent Greg Mullins...

Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy have announced a partnership aimed at moving energy storage technology forward and attracting industry to Southwest Virginia. The...

WISE — According to schools Superintendent Greg Mullins, Wise County’s return to in-person schooling is going very well. He gave the school board an update at its Tuesday...

A Lynchburg man has been charged with five felonies after firing a gun into a home just outside Norton late Monday afternoon. Manuel Sotillo Soto...

Norton fell short on a recent funding application for housing rehabilitation in the Southside community, but is applying again with a modified proposal. In March, the city...

WISE — Pound Mayor Stacey Carson hopes county residents will make the town a Halloween destination. Carson told county supervisors Thursday that she is working with Pound...

A Lynchburg man has been charged with five felonies after firing a gun into a home just outside Norton late Monday afternoon. Manuela Sotillo Solo, 27, was arrested...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 24 between last Thursday and yesterday. The Virginia Department of Health reported Monday morning that...

WISE — County supervisors have scheduled a November public hearing on Pound’s proposal to expand the town limits. Councilmen Phil Cantrell Jr. and Danny Stanley appeared...