He is not permitted to go on town property or contact town employees.
Anna Rubenstein
Anna Rubenstein covers far Southwest Virginia for Cardinal News. She can be reached at anna@cardinalnews.org or 732-427-1291.
Posted inSouthwest Area
Haysi Town Council asked for the state police investigation that led to fraud charges against the longtime mayor
The members have been calling for months for his resignation and plan to take steps to remove him if he doesn’t step down now, the vice mayor says.
Posted inSouthwest Area
New housing program will begin with subdivision at Southern Gap in Buchanan County
The program aims to target the need for workforce housing in the far Southwest.
Posted inSouthwest Area
Wise County is betting on housing to bring economic development
The industrial development authority has two projects in the works that take advantage of a new state law.
Posted inSouthwest Area
Haysi’s mayor arrested following indictments on 8 fraud and embezzlement charges
Larry D. Yates was being held without bond Friday in the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon and will appear in court Tuesday.
Posted inEconomy
A St. Paul food pantry gets creative to weather SNAP cuts, loss of USDA food
Agencies under Feeding Southwest Virginia are seeing the need for food firsthand.
Posted inSouthwest Area
3 or 4 data centers could be coming to a former coal mine site in Russell County
The land is owned by the industrial development authority, whose members signed a nondisclosure agreement and remain mum on the project.
Posted inSouthwest Area
Southwest Virginia Field Notes: A new bright spot in Haysi
Plus: A survey and details on a Wise County microreactor study, and an event update for this weekend.
Posted inSouthwest Area
Southwest Field Notes: National Black Lung Association to meet next week in Abingdon amid historic high numbers of the disease in central Appalachia
Plus: Community meals in Norton, and a public hearing on data centers in Scott County.
Posted inLocal
Wise County officials will consider hiring a consulting firm to help with the hunt for a new county administrator
After struggling with a budget shortfall, Wise leaders want the next administrator to be financially savvy.
