POUND — Town government is getting a variety of short-term and long-term help from the Lenowisco Planning District Commission. The commission’s staff provides planning and...

The Wise County Sheriff’s Office has received its sixth state accreditation from the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards...

Wise County personal property tax bills are landing in mailboxes, and vehicle owners are grumbling. On average, the assessed value of vehicles has risen by about 35...

The Clinch Coalition hosted the first in-person High Knob Naturalist Rally in two years Saturday. Visitors from as far as California came to learn...

Two prison inmates are charged with murder and several local residents face charges involving alleged violence or sexual crimes. The Wise County grand jury handed down...

POUND — The town will be getting back a substantial amount of money that was mistakenly transferred to the Wise County Public Service Authority. Council voted Tuesday to...

Three local law enforcement heroes were honored for valor Sept. 13 during a ceremony in Roanoke. The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police...

NORTON — City schools’ 2021-27 comprehensive plan, which places an emphasis on technology, attendance and global education, has been released for public review. A public...

Eight Coeburn residents and two Pound residents were served with arrest warrants in recent days as part of a roundup the Wise County Sheriff’s Office named Operation...

WISE — The county School Board approved several personnel actions Tuesday. RESIGNATIONS • Chris Wilson, Central High School bus driver, effective Sept. 1. • Lisa...

Four Wise County sites have been identified where commercial-scale electric power generation could be done on abandoned mine land. Sun Tribe Development is working with...

An estimated 120 or more Wise County and Norton high school graduates per year could get the extra financial help needed to attend college through a new program. Mountain...

Negative stereotypes about Appalachia and its people, often deeming them racist, sexist and backward, have long been reinforced by outside...

Wise County saw 34 new COVID-19 cases between Monday and yesterday. The county’s total number of COVID cases since spring 2020 increased from 12,770 to 12,804 in three...

WISE — Friends and former classmates gathered at J.J. Kelly High School Thursday evening to celebrate the life of Melanie Dixon. Dixon, 61, passed...