Chilhowie News

Taking the witness stand Friday, Connie Brown turned to face the defendant she had not seen in the early morning hours of Dec.

Voters in three Smyth County magisterial districts have made their choices from among the candidates seeking those seats on the board of supervisors.

Lindsay Widener of Chilhowie stars in a scary movie but it has nothing to do with Halloween.

Ten secondary roads in Pittsylvania County will be graded and upgraded after the Virginia Department of Transportation awarded a contract for the projects.

Friday's forecast called for rain, but sun shone abundantly through a deep blue sky on a late-morning gathering in front of the main Blue Ridge Job Corps building.

Paying county water and sewer bills is about to get easier, at least the physical part of it.

John Graham will be the Smyth County Democratic Party nominee on the Jan. 12 ballot for the special called election to fill the office of clerk of the Smyth County Circuit Court, according to party chairman Richard Walker.

A long-neglected building on Pepper's Ferry Road is finally getting some TLC. Fourteen years after a regional home repairs company first made plans - later abandoned - to locate an outlet in Wytheville, a local dermatologist's office is now giving the never-used building an occupant for the first time.

Robert Odum will be the Smyth County Republican Party's nominee on the Jan. 12 ballot for the special called election to fill the office of clerk of the Smyth County Circuit Court, according to party chairman Adam Tolbert.

The Lifetime Wellness Center's Movers & Shakers Club members know how to get people up and moving and having a good time and getting healthy.

CHILHOWIE, Va. - Barbara Jo Bunch did not depend on scholarly research. Nor did she apply for any kind of government grant.

Tom Bishop, with the scrap metal recycling facility Berry Iron & Metal, was considering a demolition project at an abandoned 14-acre rail yard.

In the 21st century, exploring space will be essential to America's economic survival.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Juston Davis of Bristol says he decided to join the military years ago not simply because of what it offered him, but what it presented to others.

The mystique of raising trout is intimidating, Richard Landreth said. Actually raising trout, he assured several Smyth County teachers, is easy.

As autumn's paintbrush creates lush, colorful scenery, the time for planning a car trip to view the leaves and landscape is at hand.

Very rarely do we get a tech sheet that is filled out to the fullest, let alone with all of the exact information we like to hear.

At first glance, a lot of real estate is missing from public officials' financial disclosure forms in Washington County.

A little inspiration goes a long way. In the case of Hannah Stam and her sister, Karissa, of Meadowview, Va., inspiration has followed them nearly 900 miles across the country, and even overseas; it's also the motivation behind the "Bright Lights" conference being held today at the Belle Meadows Baptist Church on Wagner Road.

A little inspiration goes a long way. In the case of Hannah Stam and her sister, Karissa, of Meadowview, Va., inspiration has followed them nearly 900 miles across the country, and even overseas; it's also the motivation behind the "Bright Lights" conference being held today at the Belle Meadows Baptist Church on Wagner Road.