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Stephanie Porter-Nichols specializes in local community coverage, focusing on Marion and Smyth County in Virginia. Her articles predominantly cover government announcements and local events.
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By: Stephanie Porter-Nichols
Area law enforcement credited a Chilhowie business with helping solve an industry theft. On Aug. 17, the Washington County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into the theft of industrial wire and tools from Stuart Rush Company in Abingdon. According to a WCSO news release, the stolen property was valued at about $41,000.
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The park and recreation area long envisioned for Marion's Callan Drive area possesses the potential to improve the quality of life of not just the town and county but the region. Scott Carson, a landscape architect and project team leader, made that assertion before the Marion Town Council Monday evening.
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Despite strong opposition from citizens during a December public hearing on a proposed loitering ordinance, the Marion Town Council will take another look at the measure brought up in response to the community's growing population of unhoused individuals.
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Editor's note: Please be advised that this article contains sensitive material regarding a rape and murder.
By: Stephanie Porter-Nichols
The officials tasked with developing and now updating proposed zoning regulations for data centers are sending a revised ordinance to the county's Planning Commission Thursday night. All the revisions would more tightly regulate any data center that might want to locate in Smyth County.
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FBI statistics say that 10,248 missing Indigenous persons reports were filed with the agency in 2024. At the same time, on some reservations, Native American women face murder rates more
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An energy company headquartered in Virginia is spending more than $50,000 on a social media campaign to raise awareness about the work of volunteer firefighters and the sacrifices they make. Wednesday company representatives came to Marion to celebrate Marion Fire-EMS and award them a grant from an associated program.
Officials are working to bolster the Main Street area of Chilhowie. Most Popular
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The guardian angel of this region’s cemeteries: That’s how Anna Leigh DeBord described Charlie Barnette to a group gathered in Marion’s oldest cemetery last week.
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Having heard good and bad about data centers, a citizen asked members of the Board of Supervisors if they would put their name and seat behind the centers if one comes to Smyth County and bad things happen.
