Farmers are busy planting their crops, and that means motorists will likely encounter slow-moving farm equipment on roadways.
ELK CREEK — Al-Anon will begin meeting monthly at Lebanon Methodist Church in Elk Creek starting in April, said group meeting founder Anne Walker.
WAYNE HENDERSON FESTIVAL RETURNS
Editor’s note: The only bank in Fries closed this week after 121 years in business. Fries native and author Joel D. Vaughan wrote this essay a…
BAYWOOD — The Matthews Living History Farm Museum will open for the 2023 season on April 11 and has a slate of fun and education events schedu…
INDEPENDENCE — An alternative sentencing program is saving Grayson County hundreds of thousands of dollars in jail expenses and giving non-vio…
GALAX — River of Life Fellowship, which has been meeting at the Galax Conference & Banquet Center on Country Club Lane since September 202…
INDEPENDENCE ― Grayson VFW Post 7726 and Auxiliary recently presented awards to students who participated in the Voice of Democracy (VOD) and …
INDEPENDENCE — Legends of Grayson Old-Time Weekend will pay tribute to banjo legend Wade Ward and folk singer Donna Correll during a two-day e…
The Crooked Road will host a Youth Music Festival & Competition on May 13 at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace in A…
Applications are now open for the 75th annual Camp Woods & Wildlife, to be held June 19-23 at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near…
This year, Social Security payments are being boosted by the biggest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in more than 40 years, and beneficiaries…
MOUTH OF WILSON — Registration is open for guitarists who wish to compete in the 28th annual Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Comp…
The Wythe-Grayson Regional Library will present spring workshops on Ukrainian Egg Decorating in April.
This year’s Wytheville Chautauqua Festival’s Creative Writing Contest is taking submissions.
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has announced the beginning of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition in the Ninth District, which includes Galax,…
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County is one of 14 school divisions statewide approved for Community Schools program grants from the Virginia Departme…
INDEPENDENCE — Work should begin this month on the new football field at Grayson County High School.
INDEPENDNECE — The Grayson County School Board approved the budget for the upcoming year and several personnel items at its March meeting.
INDEPENDENCE — This year’s second annual Legends of Grayson Old-Time Weekend will pay tribute to banjo legend Wade Ward and folk singer Donna …
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County teachers took center stage during a reception and recognition held March 6 to honor teachers of the year at each…
INDEPENDENCE — Igniting Futures Academy is on a quest for a permanent home, and is hoping to get the word out and find interested parties who …
INDEPENDENCE — Mark Lee Dickson - a pastor, anti-abortion advocate and self-described “37-year-old-virgin” - spoke at Grayson County High Scho…
Editor’s note: Due to a production error, an incomplete version of this article was published in the March 22 edition of The Declaration. Belo…
INDEPENDENCE — Almost Famous Tea & Spice Company opened its doors on March 14 in downtown Independence and despite its brief existence so …
FRIES — A structure fire on Hatters Hollow Lane the night of March 13 destroyed a garage and a camper in Fries, but left no one injured, accor…