Chinese New Year is a cultural phenomenon in China. In fact, the National Museum of Asian Art indicates Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China, where a...

Christopher Brown of Pennington Gap was sentenced on Friday, January 17 to 10 years of active incarceration for the distribution of fentanyl, possessing a firearm as a...

With the changeover in the calendar year from 2024 to 2025, vehicles in Virginia that have passed safety inspections are now receiving a new safety...

The  Jonesville town council voted to utilize some remaining ARPA funds for the purchase of some accounting software during their January 14 regular monthly meeting but...

A feeder filled with sunflower seed was a popular perch for hungry birds over the weekend with a chickadee, titmouse and finch all dining together.

Mountain Empire Community College’s Wampler Library will host a reception highlighting the Slemp Gallery’s latest exhibit “The Tracks of My Years”...

The Town of Pennington Gap held a ribbon cutting on Friday for Painting Outside The Lines Studio which is located at 140 Main Street. Stacey...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $46,670,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia on January 7 which funding will support communities impacted...

A trio of Lee County projects were included in funding approved on January 7 by the Tobacco Regional Revitalization Commission which met for the first time in 2025. The 27...

The banks of Indian Creek were blanketed with snow Sunday morning with water flowing over the dam at Cowan Mill west of Ewing. The weekend storm...

Dear Editor: I have a wonderful story to share with you all. I hope it is received well as it is intended. Since 2018 I’ve harbored a lot of hate and resentment toward some...

Home heating accounts for about 40 percent of our energy consumption with about 95 percent of that amount coming from non-renewable energy resources. Here are some simple...

Arrests by the Lee County Sheriff’s Department for    December 13 - 29, 2024 are listed as follows:~ December 13, 2024 ~ Shawn Patrick Lee Rogers, 25, Pennington Gap,...

A staff member from Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith’s office will be in Jonesville on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lee County...