INDEPENDENCE — The regular season may be over, but the Independence Farmers Market will return to Courthouse Street for two Winter Markets — t…
INDEPENDENCE — On Dec. 2, the Free Market Christmas Gift Shop will be set up in the GATE Center Conference Room on Davis Street in Independenc…
SPARTA, N.C. — Alleghany Arts & Crafts Annual Arts & Crafts Fair will be held on Dec. 3 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Always held on the first Sa…
INDEPENDENCE — A few years ago, Tom and Anita Simpson noticed some people in Grayson County suffered from food scarcity, and they’d been kicki…
In a year when inflation has driven up prices of nearly all consumer goods, the price of a Thanksgiving meal also is trending upward.
FAIRVIEW — On Nov. 26, the Twin County Railroad Club will host their 30th Annual Train Fair at the Fairview Ruritan Club.
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County School Board approved several school personnel changes at its Nov. 14 meeting.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Viridiana Ashby of Sparta, N.C., was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and mo…
A Carroll County man taken into custody Nov. 16 on suspicion of threatening a school shooting and violence against children has been released …
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Appalachian Home for the Holidays was held Nov. 12 at Matthews Living History Farm Museum in Baywood, showcasing old-fashioned Thanksgiving an…
Federal agencies warned officials across the country, including in Virginia, that some states aren’t providing special education services in a…
Gun rights advocates fear a new merchant code for firearm purchases is an unnecessary attack on their civil liberties, while gun safety advoca…
All but one incumbent across Virginia’s 11 congressional districts will return to the U.S. House of Representatives after races were called in…
Grayson County has been awarded $200,000 for the purchase of two sanitation vehicles to replace older vehicles that are unreliable and in need…
Last week, the Biden-Harris administration announced that starting on Veterans Day this year, veterans of the U.S. Armed Services and Gold Sta…
FRIES — Tri-County Healthcare’s is asking Grayson County ounty for $60,000 for an X-ray machine at its upcoming clinic in Fries.
The Virginia Department of Education last week awarded a total of $12 million in state School Security Equipment Grants to 431 schools in 90 s…
The Christmas Community Food Fund campaign for 2022 has begun, and the Galax Volunteer Fire Department is raising $30,000 in public donations …
INDEPENDENCE — Need a homemade Christmas gift or a cute canvas painting to add to your Christmas decor?
The National Park Service is reminding park visitors and neighbors that it is the time of year when winter weather and seasonal road maintenan…
Autumn is here and along with colorful leaves, crisp air and shorter days, deer are on the move.
INDEPENDENCE — Oracle Temple is an esoteric church located at the Peace Pentagon in Independence.
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and Virginia State Police (VSP) personnel conducted a commercial vehicle enforcement operation on …
SPARTA, N.C. — Incumbent Bryan Maines has been re-elected to serve another 4-year term as sheriff of Alleghany County, N.C.
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Election night in Grayson County saw a couple of upsets in town council elections, with voters choosing to replace two incumbents with challengers.