The new owners are planning changes to the building and improvements to equipment as well as the addition of more staff.

A dozen bird species found at least part of the year in Southwest Virginia are among the 178 birds species two conservation groups called the “most imperiled” on the North American continent.
In a joint teleconference Wednesday, officials with the National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy released their cooperatively compiled WatchList 2007 that includes birds in most immediate need of conservation efforts to slow and halt their flight into extinction.

Bill Dennison uses two sentences to sum up the duties of a job that makes him the second-highest-paid public employee in Bristol, Va.

Tamara Neo will earn $109,385 per year and become Buchanan County’s highest-paid public employee when she takes over as commonwealth’s attorney Jan. 2.

At first glance, the position of Circuit Court clerk in Virginia seems a cushy job for veteran politicians as well as newcomers.

Phil Lineberry decided on a teaching career because a former teacher inspired him and served as a role model.

Gathering local government salaries from across Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee was not only an arduous exercise of fiscal oversight for this newspaper, but also showed that localities routinely fail to follow open records laws.

Glade Spring’s top cop manages raise, but still earns less than peers in region

Due are personal property taxes and the second installment of county real estate taxes.

The family has operated their store on Route 221 for over 60 years.