The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Bristol District was one of the first in the state to use a contractor for interstate and major primary highway maintenance. Now, most of the VDOT districts have followed suit with the remainder required to do so by July 1, 2009.

When new residents arrive in a community, they typically buy a house and then add their personal touch to the property’s landscaping. Some hire the work done but many do their own planting and mulching.

Head out of Wytheville going south on West Lee Highway. Pull over when you see the big “Shultzie’s” sign.
Climb the steep wooden steps. A quick knock on the door will get you inside Rodney Allen’s unassuming living room.
Take a few paces and suddenly you’re there – inside the studio of a radio station that reaches the world.

Noah built a boat to preserve life on Earth.
Christopher Columbus took to the high seas in search of a “new world.”
And Christopher Boss constructed his vessel because, well, turning odds and ends into masterpieces is what he does.

Local quilters, crafters and seamstresses can stitch in peace. Their cries of distress about the potential closing of Wal-Mart’s fabric and craft department were heard.
“Wal-Mart continues to carry cut fabric in most of our stores,” stated Marisa Bluestone, media relations manger for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark. “Decisions about the fabric department were made in keeping with our emphasis on being a store of the community.”

Rodney D. Carter Jr., 24, of Wytheville was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after police executed a search warrant at his residence Tuesday afternoon. The Holston Road resident was released on bond.

Appalachian Power Co. customers remember their history, but it’s repeating itself anyway.

Look out Wythe County residents: big bug number two has been reported.

The journey from New York to Wytheville has been fraught with pain, depression and homelessness for Dr. Kyndal Beavers. Yet, the trip gave her new insight, compassion and understanding.
“This is the happiest, most content I’ve been in years,” she said Thursday from the Brock Hughes Free Clinic where she is the first paid physician to serve the health care agency. “I was homeless, hopeless and jobless when I came to Wytheville. Now I’m none of those things.”

A West Virginia man was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with stealing two laptop computers from the Wytheville Wal-Mart. Rodney W. Green, 34, of Princeton was caught on a store surveillance camera using a key to unlock the display case where the laptops were located, police said.