The local spread of COVID-19 continues. Wise County reported 116 new cases between Monday and yesterday, according to the Virginia Department of Health. As of yesterday,...

With a vaccine being unavailable for most school-aged children, Wise County schools are facing a high number of COVID-19 cases. Since the start of the school year seven...

A Coeburn man faces an additional charge related to an alleged violent home invasion in January. On Sept. 15, the Wise County grand jury indicted Reece Gene Mullins, 42,...

Appalachian Voices has been awarded $1.5 million by the Appalachian Regional Commission to spur solar energy projects in the region. According to a Sept. 16 press release,...

Pound Town Council members Glenn Cantrell and Danny Stanley voted Tuesday to fill one of two vacant council seats. Another council member and some citizens assert that the...

A regional industrial site project in Norton will host a new EarthLink customer support center, creating 285 jobs. Officials made the announcement...

One of the region’s first utility-scale solar energy projects will be built on Red Onion Mountain along the Wise-Dickenson county line, generating enough power to serve...

Wise County reported 125 new COVID-19 cases between last Friday and yesterday, according to the Virginia Department of Health. As of yesterday, the county had racked up a...

WISE — County supervisors voted 7-1 tonight to ask that state lawmakers work to dissolve the town charter of Pound. Supervisor Robby Robbins abstained from the...

Pound Town Council’s three active members voted “not so fast” in response to a Wise County proposal aimed at ending the town’s incorporation. Council members Clifton...

Wise County and Norton saw 25 new COVID-19 cases in one day at the end of last week. Yesterday, the Virginia Department of Health’s COVID data page included statewide case...

Wise County supervisors Thursday will consider a resolution that proposes eliminating Pound’s incorporation as a town. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the county...

Old Dominion Power Co. has asked the State Corporation Commission to approve a base electric rate increase. If approved, the rate hike would raise the monthly bill for a...

There were 51 new COVID-19 cases reported in Wise County between Monday and yesterday, according the Virginia Department of Health. As of Thursday, the county had racked...

There were 70 new COVID-19 cases reported in Wise County between last Thursday and yesterday, according the Virginia Department of Health. As of Thursday, the county had...