Independence Day activities con­tinued last week at the annual Dun­ganon Fourth of July celebration.

Virginia’s Heri­tage Music Trail: The Crooked Road is ex­cited to announce Tyler Hughes as the new Ex­ecutive Director of the organization. Hughes is no strang­er to the music nor the area from which it origi­nates. Having grown up in Big Stone Gap, he is grounded in the rich musical culture and people of Southwest Virginia. His love for the re­gion […]

A Gate City graduate plans to follow in her family’s footsteps as she makes her way to the New Mexico Military Institute in her first step of becoming a pilot in the United States Air Force. Morgan Tipton grad­uated in 2023 from Gate City High School where she was in the top 10 of her class. Tipton is the daugh­ter […]

Fifty years ago, four churches consolidated to form a brand new church serving people living in and around the Midway community. Prior to 1973, the Midway Circuit of the United Method­ist Church’s Holston Conference featured four separate churches – Farley’s Chapel, Mc­Connell’s Memorial, Morgan’s Chapel and Mount Pleasant – that ministered to the spiri­tual needs of the com­munity. Declining member­ship […]

Youngsters enjoy an inflatable fire hydrant at the Weber City Vol­unteer Fire Department’s July 4th event held last Monday. Additional pictures are inside this edition.