The rebuilt trail, which is expected to be completed in December, will have three months over the winter to “settle.”
Jeff Lester
Jeff Lester served for five years as editor of The Coalfield Progress in Norton, The Post in Big Stone Gap and the Dickenson Star in Clintwood. He has worked in rural community journalism in Southwest Virginia for nearly 35 years, beginning as a Coalfield Progress staff writer in early 1990. Lester grew up in Marion and in the Glade Spring area and is a proud graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Highlands Community College. He has won numerous Virginia Press Association awards, including the 2002 statewide best in show writing award for nondaily newspapers. Under his guidance, Coalfield Progress reporters won the same award in 2008. He can be reached at jeff.c.lester819@gmail.com.
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Coalfields Expressway gets another $10 million for widening work
The timeline to bid and complete the project is about three years. It will focus on the section of road that connects Buchanan County to eastern Kentucky.
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2 pumped storage hydroelectric stations could be located just miles apart in Wise County
A Florida company has a preliminary permit from the federal government for one site and is pursuing another.
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Henry County supervisors will consider data centers, battery energy storage in zoning rules
The board of supervisors will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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Nearly $400,000 in building upgrades and $3.85 million in federal grants on the Henry County School Board’s agenda
The board will also consider auditorium, curtain and rigging system upgrades at four schools.
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Martinsville school board to consider weapons policies, summer meal programs and more
Other policies up for discussion deal with extracurriculars and college planning. The board meets Monday evening.
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Budget woes continue in Wise County, where residents face higher taxes, possible loss of school resource officers.
The sheriff’s budget is also expected to take a big hit.
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Martinsville residents can comment on the $122 million city budget at Tuesday council meeting
The spending plan for 2026-27 includes tax and fee increases, along with spending cuts.
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Southwest Virginia needs to solve its housing shortage if it wants economic growth, new jobs, governor says
Later in the day, the governor attended two health-related events in Abingdon.
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Small nuclear power projects will be subject of 2 public meetings in Wise County
Public information sessions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday are part of the county’s microreactor feasibility study.
