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The Buchanan County Extension Office in partnership with Big Sandy Soil & Water Conservation District is offering an Apple Tree Grafting workshop to be held on March 29 at 1 p.m. at the Buchanan County Technology & Higher Learning Cen…

In January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Army Corps)’s published a final Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule. This rule is scheduled to take effect on March 20. It makes significant c…

A Republican lawmaker has accused the FBI of wrongly searching for his name in foreign surveillance data, underscoring the challenges ahead for U.S. officials trying to persuade Congress to renew their authorities to collect huge swaths of communications. Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois made t…

In two years as Virginia's governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin has gone from political newcomer to potential 2024 presidential candidate. In January, the former private equity fund executive kicked off the state's legislative session by telling lawmakers he wanted to “get more done, and get …

The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to draft an emergency declaration to expedite the permitting process to get a temporary bridge at the mouth of Big Branch during its March 6 meeting which was held at the Government Center on Slate Creek.

Seven projects, including the construction of a wildlife viewing tower, are among the improvements planned this spring at the Breaks Interstate Park due in part to an up to $88,809 grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA).

If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program that's grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, as…

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The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burd…

The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office has issued a public notice regarding a DUI checkpoint. The notice states that Deputies with the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office intends to conduct a DUI Checkpoint in the jurisdiction of Buchanan County V…

Sadness in the front and party in the back! This total tail-wagger is a three-year-old, male, Basset Hound. His short coat is tri-colored with speckling. He has extremely long, velvety ears, a wrinkled brow and mournful eyes.

Knox Supervisor Trey Adkins’ request to join the Buchanan County Republican Committee was denied following a vote during a committee meeting at the Buchanan County courthouse last Thursday evening.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s superintendent of public instruction has announced her resignation in a letter to the governor that did not offer a specific reason for her departure. Jillian Balow’s departure was announced Wednesday…