The Best Friend Festival is just around the corner! Mark your calendar for June 1-7 for a full week of family events!Here are just a few things going on that week you can...

The Central Lady Warriors celebrate winning the Mountain 7 District girls soccer tournament championship. The undefeated Lady Warriors also won the...

A large number of people have been indicted on charges ranging from assault of correctional officer, murder and concealment of a dead body.Those indicted May 21 by a Wise...

It's time to HEAR the Rumble!  Our second annual charity motorcycle ride/poker run roars into Wise on Saturday June 7.  Stands up at 10:30 a.m....

Appalachian Power Company (APCo) took several steps toward achieving a carbon-free power generation future in Virginia. APCo submitted a petition to the Virginia State...

The Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity 2025 Small Business Symposium: Access to Capital will be held Tuesday, June 3 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m....

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, Mountain Empire Community College proudly celebrated the graduation of its 23rd Power Lineman Training cohort. The event...

LETCHER COUNTY, KY - The 39th annual Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival is returning to the Appalshop grounds in downtown Whitesburg on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June...

As the nation pauses this Memorial Day, May 26, 2025, to honor those who gave their lives for freedom, a musician named Cody Mabe offers a...

Angel Mefford, Community Educator at the Family Crisis Support Center (FCSC) in Norton, recently partnered with our senior nursing students in NUR...

Big Stone Gap, VA — Mountain Empire Community College is now accepting applications for its Summer 2025 Coding Camp, a free week-long learning experience focused on...

MEOC staff will be on site at several locations in the coming weeks to take applications for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program:• Regency Towers, 200 6th St. NW,...

In 2024 the town of Pound received a $217,000 grant from Virginia Tech’s Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia program to construct a monument...

Lee County native Olivia Baker didn’t have to go far to find opportunity after graduating from high school. When considering her options for the...

ABINGDON, Va. — A major supplier of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia—and a pair of related dealers—were sentenced this week to...