Saltville will consider a proposed amendment to its antiquities ordinance at its April meeting that would accommodate an agreement between the Saltville Foundation and East Tennessee State University.

Route 16 South of Marion will be closed most of Wednesday afternoon as cleanup of an overturned log truck continues.

“Cliff” found a home in Charlottesville yesterday.

The region’s artisans will get their first chance for a spot of retail space in the planned artisan center come July.
The first jury session for Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s Artisan Gateway is scheduled for July 7 in Abingdon. According to a newsletter from Round the Mountain, artisans can drop off their work on July 6 and pick it up July 9. 

Virginia State Police Trooper Kristopher Chapman is reminded everyday how critical it is for drivers to steer clear of officers and rescue workers stopped along Virginia’s highways.

A Washington County man working in Iraq says agriculture is the key to a lasting peace after five years of war, and for the country to achieve stability, U.S. forces will need to stay at least another five years.

Looks may not be everything, but leaders in this small Washington County town say a long-awaited face lift is a step in the right direction.
With new pavement, streetlights, landscaping and smooth sidewalks on the town square, Glade Spring’s downtown revitalization is taking on a visual reality.

Saltville’s town council is considering a partnership between the Saltville Foundation and the paleontology department of East Tennessee State University that would conduct the annual summer excavations in the well fields and temporarily curate any fossils found.

Susan Graf couldn’t speak for a long moment Thursday to talk about what $8,000 means to her family’s Promised Land Animal Rescue in Groseclose. Tears glistened in her eyes, and words just wouldn’t come.

A plane crash Sunday morning in the Jefferson National Forest near the intersection of Bland, Smyth and Wythe counties killed both occupants of the single-engine aircraft.