Wise County Sheriff’s Office is asking for information about a missing boy they consider to be in danger. 15 year old James Allen Jordan was last seen near his Coeburn home, near the Lonesome Pine Race track, wearing glasses and a blue baseball cap with the word Shaw on it. He has a drooping right [...]
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County Health Rankings
April 4th, 2011 
Rob How are you feeling today? New County Health Rankings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation say probably not well. Lee County ranks 125th out of 132 counties in Virginia, for overall health. The list takes into account how long residents live, low birth rates, days of physical or mental illness. In fact, six Southwest Virginia [...]
Wise County School Closings
April 4th, 2011 Rob It might be helpful to see how other counties handle school closings. The Wise County School Board had a five hour near brawl of a meeting Wednesday and after a very late vote, they are consolidating the six high schools into three existing buildings. J-J Kelly, Big Stone Gap and Coeburn remain. Pound, Applachia and [...]