Local news: Big Stone Gap, VA  (change)

 | 

Join the Topix community today: 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Big Stone Gap Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Big Stone Gap, VA.

Results 1 - 20 of 199 in Big Stone Gap, VA

  1. view complete articleRead the original story

    Thursday | Scott County Virginia Star

    Rebecca Lamb welcomes her husband, Sgt. James Lamb of the 189th Engineer Company, based in Big Stone Gap, during a special welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Gate City.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort McCoy, Gate City, VA, US National Guard, Virginia, Duffield, VA

  2. High Knob tower arson trial postponed until Oct.

    Thursday | Times-News Online

    ... to a federal arson charge before Senior U.S. District Judge Glen M. Williams at the federal courthouse in Big Stone Gap. No sentencing date for Hyatt has been scheduled and likely awaits resolution of the pending case against Owens. Williams is also ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Coeburn, VA, Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire, Wise County, VA

  3. Abingdon Festival Pays Tribute To Celtic Music During EventRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 23 | Http

    ... almost all traditional Scottish songs and ballads with a mix of stories," said Beck from the couple's home in Big Stone Gap, Va. "I play guitar. Wendy plays mountain dulcimer. About two-thirds of the songs are accompanied by us." Which means about ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Greeneville, TN, Music, Entertainment

  4. Obituaries - July 24, 2008Read the original story

    Wednesday Jul 23 | Bartlett Express

    ... Lee Connell, 84, of Cordova, formerly of Rome, Ga., died July 9, 2008. Services were July 14. She was born in Big Stone Gap, Va., to Julia Louise Stewart and Clifton Wilson. She follows her husband, Dr. H.R. Connell. She leaves her daughter, ...

    Comment?

  5. Gate City, Big Stone Gap guardsmen returning

    Friday Jul 18 | Times-News Online

    ... The 19 area soldiers represent the 1033rd Transportation Company in Gate City, the 189th Bridge Company out of Big Stone Gap, and a National Guard unit in Cedar Bluff, Va. The 237th Engineer Company is a "sapper" unit of combat engineers who ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: West Point, VA, Cedar Bluff, VA, US National Guard, US Military, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News, Brooke Army Medical Center, US Army

  6. Southwest Virginia Guardsmen to Return From Iraq Sunday

    Friday Jul 18 | Http

    ... at 5pm. Most of them are from the 1033rd Engineer Company from Cedar Bluff and Gate City. Three are from Big Stone Gap's 189th Bridge Company. They left last year on July 13th to join the 237th Engineer Company of West Point for a deployment in ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Gate City, VA, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News

  7. Two wise guys weigh in on Virginia going blueRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 15 | Washington Examiner

    ... also sounds out two Virginia politicos who know their way around Richmond's Capitol Square (to say nothing of Big Stone Gap, Farmville and Tappahannock): [Virginia Gov. Tim] Kaine is broadly progressive in his views. But like Obama, whom he ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Virginia, Virginia Government

  8. News BriefsRead the original story

    Friday Jul 11 | Coalfield.com - Norton, Clintwood, Big Stone Gap, VA

    Robbie Mabe at museum The Southwest Virginia Museum's "Lunch on the Lawn" for Friday, July 11, is a free concert by Robbie Mabe of Big Stone Gap.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Virginia, Wise County, VA

  9. Southwest Virginia Drug Sweep Nets 32 Arrests

    Thursday Jul 10 | Http

    ... Sheriff's Office, the Southwest Narcotics Task Force, Virginia State Police, and the police departments of Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Norton, Wise, Pound and St. Paul. The Wise County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office reports these arrests and charges ... 14 comments

    Related Topix: Pound, VA, Virginia, Wise County, VA, Drugs, St. Paul, VA

  10. Wise County's tenth 'Street Sweeper' drug roundup under way; 63 individuals indictedRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 10 | Times-News Online

    ... Office, Virginia State Police, the Southwest Virginia Narcotics Task Force, and police departments in Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Wise, Pound, St. Paul and the city of Norton. Investigators shifted the focus of their rolling investigation in recent ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Drugs, Coeburn, VA, Wise, VA, St. Paul, VA

  11. Police round up 63 on Wise County drug countsRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 10 | Examiner.com

    ... Office , Virginia State Police , the Southwest Virginia Narcotics Task Force and police departments in Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Wise, Pound, St. Paul and the city of Norton. Authorities said they shifted their ongoing joint "Street Sweeper" ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Drugs, Coeburn, VA, Wise, VA

  12. Prescription Drug Round UpRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 10 | WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

    ... Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police, the Southwest Virginia Narcotics Task Force and police departments in Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Wise, Pound, St. Paul and the city of Norton. Authorities said they shifted their ongoing joint "Street Sweeper" ...

    Comment?

  13. Tri-Cities Severe Weather Tool Kit

    Thursday Jul 10 | Http

    ... kit in this storm team 11 special report. 2008 has also been a brutal year for tornadoes. A twister hammered Big Stone Gap earlier this year in Wise County. The National Weather Service reports the 2008 tornado season has been the second most lethal ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

  14. Operation Street Sweeper X Underway in Southwest VirginiaRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 10 | Http

    ... on drug charges. The indictments come after an extensive investigation by the Wise County Sheriff's Office, Big Stone Gap Police Department, Coeburn Police Department, City of Norton Police Department, Town of Wise Police Department, St. Paul Police ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Virginia, Drugs, Coeburn, VA, Wise County, VA, Wise, VA

  15. Sharin' the Spotlight on the Big Red Rug

    Thursday Jul 10 | Http

    ... guitar and mandolin. THING THAT CAN'T SING Along the way, the band recorded a CD called "Out of the Groove" in Big Stone Gap at Maggard Studios. Sometimes, today, the act is dubbed "Charlie Engle and the Big Red Rug Band." Yet Engle isn't into any ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: St. Paul, VA, Bristol, VA, Coeburn, VA, Music, Entertainment

  16. Community College Tells Students To Stay Home, Save Gas

    Sunday Jul 6 | Http

    ... College at Wise; East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn.; Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, Va.; and Northeast State Technical Community College in Blountville, Tenn., all indicated no immediate plans are in the ... 4 comments

    Related Topix: Glade Spring, VA, Abingdon, VA, Damascus, VA, Bristol, VA, Emory, VA

  17. High Knob tower arson suspect faces July 24 trial

    Sunday Jul 6 | Times-News Online

    A former Coeburn volunteer firefighter accused of arson in last year's destruction of the High Knob Observation Tower is scheduled to stand trial in U.S. District Court in Big Stone Gap on July 24.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Coeburn, VA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rick Boucher

  18. News BriefsRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Coalfield.com - Norton, Clintwood, Big Stone Gap, VA

    ... meeting of AARP Chapter 4455 will be held on Monday, July 7, at 12 p.m. at the Heritage Church of God in Big Stone Gap.A Coffee and lite refreshments will be servedA at 11:30 a.m. Come join us. Coal/Railroad Days beauty pageant set The Appalachia ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Weber City, VA, Gate City, VA

  19. Polly returns as interim town manager in Big Stone

    Tuesday Jul 1 | Times-News Online

    George Polly's retirement as Big Stone Gap's town manager was brief. His new role as the town's interim town manager will be about 59 days longer than his retirement.

    Comment?

    Related Topix: Appalachia, VA

  20. MCTW: How We MetRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 2 | Daily Record

    ... to San Antonio, Texas, with the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief -- I from Chatham and he from Big Stone Gap, Va. When we arrived in San Antonio in mid September, the Red Cross, in conjunction with 27 other agencies, was operating ...

    Comment?

    Related Topix: San Antonio Metro