Dozens of Norton and Wise County small businesses and non-profit groups have received nearly $11.4 million so far in temporary financial relief from a federal loan program...

Wise County will conduct a public hearing today at 10 a.m. regarding the funding effort for a proposed small business recovery assistance project. The county’s hearing...

The 42nd annual Wise County Famous Fall Fling has been canceled. Organizers announced Monday that the Wise Business Association had decided to cancel the event “in light...

The COVID-19 coronavirus is not fading away. It is bouncing back. There is evidence of a second wave of infections across several sections of the nation. Locally, the...

Regional industrial parks, a residential sewer project, an opioid addiction program and small business assistance efforts could benefit from...

Wise County supervisors voted June 25 to approve the county’s fiscal 2020-21 budget. Budgeted in the general fund is nearly $56.15 million, or roughly $2.3 million more...

A coalition of 80 organizations across the nation unveiled a “national economic transition platform” Monday aimed at supporting “the people and places hit hardest by the...

Eastside High School senior Braxton Brummett recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout. After attaining all of his merit badges, he chose to...

With one day left in the fiscal year, Norton City Council will meet tonight to vote on the fiscal 2020-21 budget, which trims general fund spending and includes no tax,...

POUND — The town will soon begin to benefit from a “creative placemaking” project funded in part by a $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant. Marley Green of...

A Coeburn man faces prison time after being sentenced Tuesday for a violent 2019 domestic incident. Tyler Zachary Hyatt, 20, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all...

Eight organizations have told a federal bankruptcy court that Blackjewel LLC has not yet transferred most of the mine permits that were to change hands when the company...

A Wise County grand jury indicted several people June 17 on charges ranging from alleged assault to theft and drug crimes. Those indicted include: CRIMES AGAINST...

POUND — For the next several months, the “new normal” in town government will be to operate without a new budget for fiscal year 2020-21. Meeting Tuesday, council voted to...