The U.S. Forest Service is working with the state and a nonprofit to treat the area ahead of the spring reopening of that portion of the path.
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Damascus has a new town manager with deep ties to the small Washington County community
Isaiah Thomas said a priority will be to help Damascus continue to recover from Hurricane Helene damage and reopen the Creeper Trail.
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Why is a Richlands grocery store closing? High town electric rates that average $25,000 per month, the owners say
Grants Supermarket, a 25-year staple in the town, closes Saturday.
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During the revolution, soldiers from Southwest Virginia marched to South Carolina to win a major battle. Now Barter Theatre is staging their story.
The Overmountain Men won an improbable victory that changed the course of the war in the South. The play “Kings Mountain” runs through Oct. 31.
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Damascus cancels Flock contract, joining other Virginia localities that have recently severed ties with the surveillance company
The town’s three cameras will be deactivated and bagged by the police department.
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Haysi Town Council votes to expel the mayor following his arrest on fraud and embezzlement charges
Larry Yates will have the opportunity to appear before the panel on Oct. 19.
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Damascus is a small tourist town without a single stoplight — yet three Flock cameras monitor its residents and visitors
The town council will vote Wednesday on whether to renew the surveillance contract as a local petition opposing it gains momentum.
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‘Every book I write will be about Appalachia’: Why Barbara Kingsolver feels called to tell stories about the region
Her new novel “Partita,” which debuts Tuesday, involves the protagonist’s upbringing on an East Tennessee cattle farm.
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Southwest Virginia fish farm project ‘on pause’ due to tariffs, gas prices
The state delegate who proposed the aquaculture center 13 years ago says he remains hopeful it will still happen. The developer, Pure Salmon, has said it has invested more than $80 million in the site.
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Cars program helps residents across the coalfields get to work
New funding from the state opioid abatement authority will help expand the program across the region.
