Damascus News

Whether it's a revitalized downtown or outdoor recreation, two small Southwest Virginia towns have bucked a trend that is plaguing the Mountain Empire - a slow but steady loss of population.

The owners of Fattie's Diner in Damascus, Virginia are challenging their customers to eat a six-pound burger in under an hour.

The Damascus, Virginia Police Department is trying to find a man they believe helped operate a meth lab, after already making one arrest in this case.

Officers with the Damascus Police Department made a large narcotics arrest on Thursday night.

I never wanted to turn this into an obituary column. In fact, I was one - maybe the only one - who actually liked when the obituaries were put into the back of the newspaper.

The Culpeper County School Board approved Michael Williams as the new football coach at Culpeper High School last night.

Wilkes sheriff deputies released a rare accident report this morning -- rare because most rural wreck in the county are worked by the Highway patrol.

Hikers are converging on a Virginia town that bills itself as Trail Town USA for a weekend trail festival.

Bikers, hikers and nature enthusiasts will flock to the little town of Damascus, Virginia this weekend for the 23rd Annual Appalachian Trail Days.

DAMASCUS, Va. - On almost any given day, especially during this town's upcoming Trail Days festival, you can find somebody snapping a picture at the Appalachian Trail sign in the Damascus Community Park.

COMBINE THE TALENTS OF AN ARTIST AND A BAKER.AND WHAT DO YOU GET??? SOME BEAUTIFULUNBELIEVABLE CAKES THESE TWO LADIES MAKE QUITE THE COMBINATION.

On Tuesday, he said he had no interest in buying the historic Old Mill. But on Saturday, Stuart Wright III, whose family had turned the Damascus landmark into a successful business before selling it, was the high bidder for the property.

DAMASCUS, VA : naomi's custard pie, lorraine's banana bread, shirley's gingerbread, irene's brownies, marie's lemonade, joannie's home cooking, wasses hot dog, burketville gen'l store's pepperoni pizza, sea basket's fried clams, angler's fish chowder and fried clams, country cupboard's whoppie pies, homemade beans, and my homemade teriyaki steak.

The future is uncertain for the Damascus Old Mill except for the fact that the historic landmark goes on the auction block Saturday.

Hearing about all those people pouring into Damascus, Va., on the Virginia Creeper Trail made Sandra Tanner enthused.

Seven months remain before the general election, but candidates hoping to win the favor of Washington County voters are already announcing election bids.

For over 30 years I was employed at the local newspaper The Tomahawk. During that time I heard that there was a good possibility that the newspaperman, humorist and novelist Mark Twain at one time had a brief association with the paper.

A former police chief of Damascus, Va., pleaded guilty in Washington County Circuit Court today to seven drug-related charges.

Rick Boucher said it in 1985. His misguided pals continue the mantra two decades later: By Larry E. Smith, writing in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Thanks in part to actions by the Virginia legislature, areas of ...

One week, you might learn about the nearly unpredictable weather raining down on Mount Rogers.