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A 19-year-old Whitetop, Va., man was flown by medical helicopter to Bristol Regional Medical Center on Monday after slamming his vehicle into the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81.

A 19-year-old Whitetop, Va., man was flown by medical helicopter to Bristol Regional Medical Center on Monday after slamming his vehicle into the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81.

July 18, 2008 "Survivor" winner comes to Roanoke His own experience as an athlete helped make him a "Survivor" and Friday he was on hand to encourage some local athletes.

BY DEBRA McCOWN BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. - The local dance teacher who performed on ABC's reality series "Dance Machine" took third in Friday's episode.

The traffic stop on a rural road in Washington County, Va., split up a trio of young, out-of-town campers and left two disoriented juveniles without driver's licenses to navigate their friend's car late Monday.

"Fishing Virginia's Highlands," M.W. Smith Author M.W. Smith twists a lure on a seemingly odd yet logical combination of Virginia waters in a new book.

Betty Sue DeArment, 79, Warren, died at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

It sounds like a trailer for a summer horror flick. Friday the 13th. Just after midnight.

Reporter / Bristol Herald Courier Published: June 6, 2008 SALTVILLE, Va. - With near-triple-digit temperatures Thursday, a steady flow of traffic cycled through the parking lot of the new Hardy Roberts Memorial ...

“I've never been out of the country and I love anthropology, and I thought it would be silly not to give it a try.”

The bodies of nearly two dozen U.S. Marines have been missing on Guadalcanal for nearly 66 years. via WSLS-TV Roanoke

“Somebody will have to help me now”

ABINGDON, Va. Lia Johnson sat shackled in a vacant, windowless room in the bowels of the Abingdon regional jail one afternoon in March. via Http

On U.S. 421 at Jonesboro Road is an historical marker with the following inscription: Jonesborough Turnpike It crosses the highway here. via News Channel 11

If American Electric Power were to announce that it was going to carve out of the pristine Smyth County forest a site for a new power substation, environmentalists in the area would be up in arms over the ... via From On High

“Stoneman was very fair working with people”

Union Gen. George Stoneman's obscurity during the Civil War once made him the perfect subject for a dissertation for an advanced academic degree. via The Daily News-Record

“I believe when he says he's glad he was caught, he's very sincere about that and realizes this was necessary for a change in his life.”

Former Saltville Police Investigator Gary Ray Call was sentenced Monday to serve two years in federal prison on drug and firearms charges. via Http

“I think it's important for my son, although he's not old enough to get it yet, to know the importance of respecting everybody and standing up for people's rights”

ABINGDON, Va. "Love doesn't hurt." "Stop the violence." "This is what a survivor looks like." "Take back the night." These were some of the signs carried by more than 30 demonstrators, most from Emory & Henry ... via TriCities

“The salt in this valley attracted the woolly mammoths and the native people. It's the salt that brought the soldiers in the Civil War and the Olin Co. Salt is the unifying factor of this town's entire history”

SALTVILLE, Va. One constant has remained throughout the centuries of remarkable change in this sleepy town. via News Channel 11

“The Collector: A film by Olympia Stone.”

Jim Thompson is this month's featured artist at the Roanoke Main Library's Emerging Artist Series exhibit. via Roanoke Times

“It's a staggering history for one valley.”

To celebrate a decade since its opening in 1998, the Museum of the Middle Appalachians is throwing a big bash on Saturday afternoon. via Http

“They set it on fire, but there's something about that stuff that it just wouldn't burn.”

SALTVILLE, Va. Despite ongoing opposition, construction of the Salt Trail is moving forward, and it could open this summer, town officials say. via News Channel 11