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    Fire Chief Mullins with Smokey and student artist Abrum Slemp.

    Smokey Bear is 80 years old

    Smokey Bear, the Forestry’s symbolic icon for forest fire prevention, is now 80 years old....

    Smokey Bear is 80 years old
    Smokey Bear, the Forestry’s symbolic icon for forest fire prevention, is now 80 years old....

    Tonight! EHS ‘Beetlejuice’

    The East Side High School drama program, under the steady hand of Coach Daniel Burke, is gearing...

    Tonight! EHS ‘Beetlejuice’
    The East Side High School drama program, under the steady hand of Coach Daniel Burke, is gearing...
    Seth Boggs

    MECC graduation ceremony set for Friday

    Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College will hold its 52nd commencement ceremony on...

    MECC graduation ceremony set for Friday
    Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College will hold its 52nd commencement ceremony on...

    Union's Ian Boyles awarded UVA Wise music schol...

    Congratulations to UHS Senior Band Member, Ian Broyles, who signed with UVA-Wise to play tuba in...

    Union's Ian Boyles awarded UVA Wise music schol...
    Congratulations to UHS Senior Band Member, Ian Broyles, who signed with UVA-Wise to play tuba in...

    High Knob Music Festival promises family fun an...

    NORTON, VA - The High Knob Music Festival, a beloved summer tradition in Norton, is set to return...

    High Knob Music Festival promises family fun an...
    NORTON, VA - The High Knob Music Festival, a beloved summer tradition in Norton, is set to return...
    UVA Wise honorees

    UVA Wise honors faculty and staff

    Last week, UVA Wise proudly recognized the recipients of the 2025 Academic Affairs Faculty and...

    UVA Wise honors faculty and staff
    Last week, UVA Wise proudly recognized the recipients of the 2025 Academic Affairs Faculty and...

    THE GEORGIA TEAM IS HERE!!!

    For many years, this crew (that now brings together multiple churches!) has served at Camp...

    THE GEORGIA TEAM IS HERE!!!
    For many years, this crew (that now brings together multiple churches!) has served at Camp...

    We Serve

    At the Lions of Virginia State Convention held in Williamsburg we asked each club to bring a...

    We Serve
    At the Lions of Virginia State Convention held in Williamsburg we asked each club to bring a...
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    featured
    VADOC provides update on officers stabbed at Wallens Ridge State...
    May 8, 2025
    (RICHMOND) - The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is reporting the welcome news that the two Correctional Officers hospitalized following the violent and...
    BREAKING: VADOC Investigating the Stabbing of Three Corrections...
    May 2, 2025
    (RICHMOND) - A premeditated attack on three Corrections Officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, VA is currently under investigation by the Virginia...
    News
    Seth Boggs MECC graduation ceremony set for Friday
    May 8, 2025
    Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College will hold its 52nd commencement ceremony on Friday, May 9th at 6 p.m. at the Big Stone Gap...
    Union's Ian Boyles awarded UVA Wise music scholarship
    May 8, 2025
    Congratulations to UHS Senior Band Member, Ian Broyles, who signed with UVA-Wise to play tuba in the fall with the UVA-Wise Marching Highland...
    High Knob Music Festival promises family fun and community spirit
    May 8, 2025
    NORTON, VA - The High Knob Music Festival, a beloved summer tradition in Norton, is set to return on June 14, 2025, at the High Knob Recreation...
    Sports
    Mother Nature leaves Bears and Warriors out in the rain
    May 5, 2025
    BIG STONE GAP — Somedays you win, somedays you lose and somedays it rains! The latter won out Thursday as host Union and Central lost out to Mother Nature. When the skies...
    Jordyn Frazier lays down a perfect bunt to advance the runner in the first inning of J.I. Burton vs. Eastside softball. Burton gets two early, shuts out Lady Spartans
    May 5, 2025
    NORTON — The Lady Raiders may have only scored in the first inning Friday, but that would be enough. With an amazing outing in the circle from...
    Cavaliers send seven seniors out in style in split with Catawba
    April 17, 2025
    WISE – The Highland Cavaliers closed out the home portion of the regular season with a South Atlantic Conference series split as they defeated the Catawba Indians 7-1 in...
    Morgan McClure 1
    Cavalier Housing
    Homespun
    Fire Chief Mullins with Smokey and student artist Abrum Slemp. Smokey Bear is 80 years old
    May 9, 2025
    Smokey Bear, the Forestry’s symbolic icon for forest fire prevention, is now 80 years old. Students in the Wise County Christian School’s Jr....
    Lots of activities coming up: Music, cornhole, camps, farmers market
    May 9, 2025
    Do you have community news or an event you would like to appear in this column? Please contact Myra at mmyra9639@gmail.comFARMERS MARKETNorton...
    Broad variety of herbs can fill many culinary needs
    May 9, 2025
    Harvest a couple of garden tomatoes in midsummer and add a handful of fresh basil leaves from your garden to spark a mixed salad, or enhance a...
    Obituaries
    DARRELL BRICKEY
    May 8, 2025
    NORTON, VA – Darrell Brickey, 80, died Tuesday evening, May 6, 2025, at home with his loving family by his side. Darrell loved to play the guitar...
    CYNTHIA "ANN" FLETCHER
    May 8, 2025
    Cynthia “Ann” Fletcher, a Roanoke, VA resident since 1994, died at her home on Thursday, April 24, 2025. She was 91.Born in Norton, VA in Wise...
    DENZEL RICHARDSON
    May 5, 2025
    NORTON, VA- Denzel Pascal Richardson, 97, went to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from his home with his loving family...
    Printed Paper Online
    May 9, 2025

    Classifieds
    FOR SALE - 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
    May 8, 2025
    FOR SALE - 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. Black. 276-523-1929.  5-9-2t s5-13
    FOR RENT - 2BR, 1BTH TRAILER in Riverview section of Coeburn
    May 8, 2025
    FOR RENT - 2BR, 1BTH TRAILER  in Riverview section of Coeburn. $500/month, $500 deposit required. 276-807-7147   5-9-6t s5-27
    HOUSE FOR SALE - PRICE REDUCED!
    May 8, 2025
    HOUSE FOR SALE - PRICE REDUCED! FOR SALE BY OWNER, 401 River Blvd, Big Stone Gap, VA. $219,900. 276-365-5632 or 276-210-8074 for appointment. 5-9-4t s5-30
    Legals
    HEARING - 2025-2026 Budget of the Norton City Schools
    May 8, 2025
    PUBLIC NOTICE     The City Council of the City of Norton, Virginia will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2023, at 5:00 PM in the Municipal Council Chambers located...
    NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE - 1216 2nd Avenue East Big Stone...
    May 5, 2025
    NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE1216 2nd Avenue East Big Stone Gap, VA 24219      By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated January 5, 2005...
    TRUSTEE'S SALE 419 CRAIG STREET NW NORTON, VA 24273
    May 1, 2025
    TRUSTEE'S SALE419 CRAIG STREET NW NORTON, VA 24273     In execution of the Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $237,373.00, dated July 22, 2022, and recorded...
    Morgan McClure 3
    Mountain Empire Older Citizens
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