When social media giant Facebook announced last year that it was planning to construct a high capacity fiber optic cable network across 275 mi…

Testing for COVID-19 has increased nationwide, but delays in processing those tests — and providing the results — are keeping some away from w…

As we begin the month of August, the big question facing parents and school administrators across the region is how to ensure the safety of ch…

War is not a game. But impressionable kids may not be able to tell the difference if the U.S. military continues its esports recruitment.

Just like everything else, the long-planned student housing project for Bluefield State College also was slowed by the coronavirus pandemic. B…

Another large-scale construction project is being planned for McDowell County. With work nearing a completion on the new Renaissance Village p…

With almost all fairs, festivals and summer concerts across the region canceled, many area residents are still looking for something to do dur…

City officials in Bluefield have been quietly working over the past couple of years on an economic development vision that has been dubbed “Pr…

Opening public schools this fall requires more than throwing wide the doors, ushering in the kids and ringing the bells. That may come as news…