Runoff has blocked entry to a home.
Pound
Posted inCulture
Celebrating Appalachia’s heritage, block by block
Project Heritage Quilt honors the stories of Wise and Dickenson counties and will be unveiled next week at a Richmond museum gala. But creator Amy Tetterton doesn’t want to stop there.
Posted inPolitics
‘We ask for the opportunity to prove ourselves’
The Wise County town of Pound is in danger of losing its charter after years of what county and state officials have called drama and mismanagement. Some townspeople are fighting back.
Posted inPolitics
Bill to strip charter from Wise County town advances to full House
Council member says of Pound: ‘Our house is a hot mess.’
Posted inPolitics
Wise County town of Pound faces losing charter
Kilgore’s bill gives residents of troubled town a year “to get their house in order.”
Posted inNews Briefs
Drainage from historic coal mine diverted to protect houses in Pound
Also, a second project about to get underway in Wise County.
Posted inNews Briefs
Abandoned mine threatens homes in Wise County
Virginia Department of Energy is working to halt the erosion.
