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Local veteran Lee Ratliff thinks it is time the community honored service men and women as they return from overseas tours of duty.

As state and federal agencies step up efforts to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer, town officials are preparing to deal with the onslaught of the invasive tree-killing bug.

Here is the obituary for George Rogers Clark Stuart, a former VBA president and long-time Southwest Virginia lawyer.

The Washington County and Bristol, Va., school systems both achieved Adequate Yearly Progress during the 2007-2008 school year, school system officials said Wednesday.

Parents of 430 Abingdon Elementary School students scheduled to start class on Tuesday, here's the deal: When you walk into the school at tonight's open house and perhaps see sweat-stained workers in hard hats ...

Renovations at Abingdon Elementary include a bell tower, not yet complete, reminiscent of the little red schoolhouse.

We have all read that if you put E85 in a car that doesn't have a fuel system designed for it, you could incur over $1,000 in damages to your car.

I've got good news for those of you who live in or care about Damascus, Va.: You finished third - last - in our recent "Most Dysfunctional Town" poll.

Turning hobby into charity, an Abingdon, Va., girl is combining her love of horses and brightening faces of disabled children.

Lorie Ellis didn't want to let go of the "Goody's." That name - "Goody's" - had been on the door of her shop long before she had come along, for years, back when her corner building on Abingdon's Main Street ...

The Barter Theatre has been presenting a mix of Broadway musicals, comedies, Appalachian-themed shows and holiday plays and musicals for 75 years.

ABINGDON, Va. - Two more cases of rabies were confirmed Friday in Washington County, Va., said Scott Honaker, environmental health manager for Mount Rogers Health District.

The Tobacco Commission allocating money for everything. I thought the tobacco money was for the farmers.

ABINGDON, Va. - A Tazewell County man was pronounced dead at the scene of a motorcycle versus pickup truck accident Sunday afternoon in Washington County, Va., as state police in the two Virginias investigated ...

BRISTOL, Va. - Police say a report of a gasoline drive-off in Abingdon on Sunday sparked an unorthodox car chase that topped 90 mph at some points and came to a complete stop at others.

Despite the tight economy, parents can still save on their children's school supplies, thanks to help from schools, state governments, retailers and folks who just want to help out.

BY DEBRA McCOWN BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. - A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday that will stop logging on Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County.

"Hiltons: Images of America," Daphne and Ronnie Matthews Nestled along the North Fork of the Holston River, the little village of Hiltons, Va., in southwestern Scott County boasts at least a couple of claims to ...

BINGDON, Va. - From under a big tent along the highway, passing motorists can hear the strains of old, familiar hymns: "Victory in Jesus," then "Amazing Grace." Cars are parked across gravel and grass beneath a ...

A commission created to distribute state tobacco settlement money is providing more than $36 million for research centers in southwest and Southside Virginia .