Washington County News

Police say a married couple in southwestern Virginia has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Washington County Sheriff's authorities told the Bristol Herald Courier that deputies responded to a call for help early Saturday.

An effort to remove a member of the Washington County Board of Supervisors from office was stopped Friday on procedural grounds.

William Lee Anderson II pleaded guilty to bank robbery Friday in Washington County Circuit Court.

While talking, she kept opening and closing her vehicle door." Unfortunately, the furniture store employee's car was parked just next to the cell phone talker's, yet it wasn't until the employee got home that she discovered damage to that side of her car.

BY MAC McLEAN BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. - Laid off in March by a telecommunications firm that had been her employer for 30 years, Julie McVey couldn't sleep nights, worrying that she didn't have a resume or even know where to start job hunting.

Less than a fourth of Sullivan County's elementary and middle school students are expected to be vaccinated for the swine flu during a series of school-based clinics starting Monday.

Tony Getman had what some might call an easy choice: plead guilty to molesting his young neighbor or take the case before a Southwest Virginia jury.

By CAITLIN SULLIVAN/Staff New Washington County Supervisor Joe Straten said he will not sign an oath of secrecy when he joins the board in January.

By CAITLIN SULLIVAN/Staff A Washington County property owner and the town of Saltville are heading back to court.

Washington County voters threw their support to the Republicans at the top of the state's ticket, giving Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell, Lt.

BRISTOL, Tenn. - A proposed King College school of medicine would be built in Washington County, Va., King President Greg Jordan said.

Politics can be expensive. Especially if you're a newbie. Some candidates in Tuesday's election borrowed hundreds of dollars - in some cases thousands - to get their names and faces in front of voters.

Clear skies and bottles of hand sanitizer will greet Southwest Virginia voters as they head to the polls today.

The scenes were similar - 150-or-so grown-ups eating in school cafeterias - at the annual last-minute rallies staged by opposing political parties.

Jobs and economic development dominated the debate between candidates for the Taylor District seat on the county Board of Supervisors.

We're living on bloody soil here in Washington County. Plantations were burned along Holston Lake.

After a contentious nomination process earlier this year, two Republicans - one now running as an independent - are vying for the Wilson District seat on the Washington County Board of Supervisors.

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the front porch waiting for a postal carrier to arrive with my family's mail.

By CAITLIN SULLIVAN/Staff The sheriff was still settling into his new digs last week.

The two candidates seeking to represent residents of the Taylor District on the Washington County Board of Supervisors will square off in a public forum at 7 p.m. today at Damascus Middle School.