Glade Spring 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.

In light of the release of an environmental report on the Love's truck stop proposed for Exit 24, project opponents voiced a new list of objections Tuesday.

Utility Trailer, which earlier this year laid off scores of workers in Smyth County and announced that its Glade Spring plant in Washington County would close, has had a change of fortune.

Bristol Virginia Police Department June 4 * Someone who was either sick or drunk was lying on the railroad tracks at Commonwealth and Euclid Avenues.

Eighteen localities and organizations in far Southwest Virginia are among those who will receive federal stimulus funds for rural community facility and emergency responder projects.

The Washington County, Va., School Board and a county supervisor now oppose a controversial truck stop proposed for the Exit 24 area of Interstate 81.

The Saltville man accused of capital murder after a home invasion left one person dead and three injured was smiling when he entered the courtroom Wednesday.

Poor sales - not ongoing bankruptcy woes - forced Appalachian Oil to close its Glade Spring convenience store, company CEO Marty Anderson said Thursday.

In doing historical research of Bristol for more than 50 years, I have learned much of the houses here and their former owners, as well as the current occupants.

More than 80 people arrived at the fire hall Thursday for the first of two public information meetings about the truck stop proposed for Exit 24.

Appalachian Oil, after months of struggling to stay in business despite a stagnant credit flow, on Wednesday closed one of its gas and convenience stores - Appco Store No.

In early February, the Washington County plant laid off 49 workers, citing a lack of trailer orders and lower-than-expected sales.

There was barely room to move inside the Barter Cafe Wednesday evening as 100 people kicked off the Big Read, a coordinated set of activities centered around a book.

Can anyone argue that the commonwealth of Virginia isn't one big storybook when it comes to Civil War history? Daughter Jodi lived in a home in Wytheville with a bullet hole in her front door.

Seven students enrolled in a spring semester accounting course have joined a local tax preparation program that assists Smyth County residents who will be completing a basic federal tax return .

I have traveled extensively over the southland and have read many historical works on this part of our country, especially as concerns the Ante Bellum and Civil War periods.

After seven years gone, a downtown pizza parlor and hangout is coming back to life.

Veteran Fire Chief Joe Frye was fired by the town council Friday in an emergency vote that culminated a week-long, drama-packed, contentious debate among council members and firefighters.

"I would say that some progress has been made over the years, slowly coming," Hill said.

Three more arrests have been made in a months-long investigation into a Glade Spring drug ring in which a local U.S. postmaster is already facing criminal charges, Glade Spring Police Chief Matthew Mullins said ...