Tazewell County News

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - A Tazewell County community that was facing the loss of its bus service will see buses picking up local passengers for another year.

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 ; 01:15 PM View Comments Post Comment Updated Tuesday, June 30, 2009 ; 04:18 PM BLUEFIELD-- -- Authorities said Gregory Franklin Beggs was killed when his Suburu ran off the road and overturned Tuesday morning.

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TAZEWELL, Va. - Several Tazewell County elementary schools could be air-conditioned as early as next month.

Five more people were convicted this week in the U.S. Forest Service's ongoing battle with mud-boggers. The men pleaded guilty to driving their four-wheel-drive trucks off a closed road in the Poor Valley area of Tazewell County, spinning through a mudhole and up a creekbed.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - Hundreds of graduates took a giant step into the future Friday during commencement exercises across Tazewell and Buchanan counties.

BISHOP, Va. - Emergency responders from Tazewell County, Va., and law enforcement from McDowell County rescued the driver of a pickup truck that crashed Thursday afternoon on a remote mountain road that connects an old mine site in West Virginia with the Abbs Valley Road in Virginia.

A Tazewell County woman convicted for her role in the shooting of a deputy could face more than 100 years in prison.

TAZEWELL, Va. - A jury has recommended a Tazewell County woman spend more than 100 years behind bars for her role in attempting to kill a local police officer.

A Tazewell County woman has been found guilty of two counts of attempted capital murder in connection with the 2007 shooting of a Tazewell County deputy.

RICHLANDS, Va. - Richlands High School may soon officially be in the town of Richlands.

Richlands High School will soon officially be in the town of Richlands. The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve a boundary adjustment plan by the town of Richlands that would bring Richlands High School, Richlands Middle School, Richlands Elementary School and the Gateway Shopping Center into the municipal limits of ...

A man wanted on charges in Tazewell County is the focus of 59 news Fugitive File.

The widespread budget cuts recommended last week by Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner David Ekern are particularly troubling for far Southwest Virginia.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - A love of reading took center stage Friday at Bluefield College as youngsters from eight different schools competed in the annual Tom Colley Reading Bee.

Virginia's Tallest Town is preparing for a leadership transition. Todd Day, a veteran 14-year-employee of Bluefield, Va., is stepping down next month as town manager.

A few Southwest Virginia courts are funneling thousands of tax dollars to a small number of private attorneys who serve as prosecutors when a commonwealth's attorney has a conflict of interest.

RICHLANDS, Va. - A former band director in Tazewell County will spend 12 months in prison for taking indecent liberties with a minor.

TAZEWELL, Va. - A disagreement has erupted between Tazewell County officials over how students were counted through a triennial census.

A former band director in Tazewell County has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for taking indecent liberties with a minor.