Gate City News

Ground was broken Wednesday for a $30 million Convocation Center at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. For county residents wanting to find the closest solid waste convenience site, the county's E-911 staff compiled the following list.

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.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Friday, June 19, 2009. An early morning fire on June 17 has damaged and nearly destroyed a Gate City building that housed two businesses.

Three small tornadoes touched down in Southwest Virginia as thunderstorms ripped through the area along the Tennessee border Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Investigators said the severe weather may have sparked early morning fires at two area businesses.

For the first time since 1987, the Chatham Cavaliers are the state champs of Group A baseball.

June 5, 2009 Rain pushes Spring jubilee back, but tennis pushes on The Spring Jubilee was set to begin Friday in Radford, but rain forced the VHSL to push back State Championships until Saturday.

June 4, 2009 Tennis results from Spring Jubilee at Radford University Hidden Valley's Kristen Harter took out Freedom High School's Carla Wong in a straight sets.

You can tour five farms for free on June 6, from 1-5 p.m., along Little Duck Road in Scott County.

Disbarred Christiansburg attorney Gerard Marks will serve 11 months in jail for forging judges' signatures and passing fraudulent legal documents, a judge ruled Thursday.

Those of you who live in Scott County, Virginia will not have to fork over more dough in taxes.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. In honor of the 90th anniversary of the Rye Cove Tornado, May 2, 1929, we reprint this special story from the Gate City Herald.

People send in the strangest requests for AC articles. "Describe 4 to 6 libraries in your town"? My home town is Gate City, Virginia, with a population between two and three thousand people.

Police cast the bait about a week before their first arrest of Howard Orfield, a Bristol, Tenn., attorney.

Cincinnati Insurance Co. Files Complaint Against Gate City Contract Glazing for Alleged Condo Damages April 20, 2009 The litigious nature of condo construction is not new for contract glaziers.

BMNN wrote: on Mar. 19, 2009: The Clinch Mountain Music Fest is pleased to announce that our first annual music scholarship competition will be held this year during the festival.

News Channel 11 has confirmed that approximately seven soldiers from Southwest Virginia are getting ready to deploy to Iraq.

From staff reports Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on 3/4/2009. Ninth District Congressman Rick Boucher is heading to Southwest Virginia this weekend to hold a series of town hall meetings, ...

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