Tag: Tazewell County
UPDATE: Bluefield College free outdoor movie night moved to next week...
UPDATE: BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) -Â The Community Outdoor Movie Night at Bluefield College has been rescheduled to Thursday, July 30, 2020, due to weather.
Bluefield...
Tazewell County closing several offices due to COVID-19
TAZEWELL, VA (WOAY) - County Administrator Eric Young announced today that due to the continued increase of COVID-19 cases the Board of Supervisors will...
Tazewell Board of Supervisors vote to put relocation of Confederate statue...
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) - The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors has elected to send the issue of the relocation of the Confederate statue...
UPDATE: Missing child from Richalnds has been found safe
UPDATE: Richlands Police say the missing 14-year-old child has been found safe.
RICHLANDS, VA (WOAY) - The Richlands Police Department is actively searching for a...
Tazewell County Schools signs resolution condemning racism
TAZEWELL COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - Tazewell County School Board signed a resolution condemning racism and affirming the school division’s commitment to an inclusive school...
Photographer captures beloved dog’s last day
BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) - On Thursday, a local photographer's act of kindness brought a truck driving dog owner to tears.
Brownie was a six year...
Pocahontas Exhibition Mine to reopen to public July 11th
POCAHONTAS, VA (WOAY) - A piece of Pocahontas’s history will be open to the public once again. The Pocahontas Exhibition Mine will welcome visitors...
Tazewell County School Board approves budget and fall 2020 start date
TAZEWELL, VA (WOAY) - Tazewell County School Board met on June 29, 2020, to continue their recessed meeting from June 8, 2020. At the...
Free community COVID-19 testing coming to Tazewell County
TAZEWELL, VA (WOAY) - The Cumberland Plateau Health District, in partnership with Tazewell County, will offer free community testing for COVID-19 on Wednesday, July...
Bluefield College holds campus community forum to discuss racial injustice
BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) - Bluefield College held a community forum to discuss racial injustice.Â
According to the college’s director of athletics Tonia Walker, who spoke...
UPDATE: Arrest made in explosives investigation
RICHLANDS, WV (WOAY) - An arrest has been made in the investigation of explosives found near a home.
Cole Carini, 23, was arrested yesterday and...
AEP Foundation funds free wifi hotspots across rural West Virginia and...
CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – The American Electric Power Foundation is donating nearly $70,000 to create free WiFi hotspots at multiple locations across Appalachian Power’s...
Bluefield College celebrates graduates with special deliveries and a virtual ceremony
BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) – The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how spring commencement ceremonies will take place this year. To celebrate graduates, Bluefield College sent...
COVID-19 testing to take place in Tazewell County next week
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) - The Cumberland Plateau Health District will schedule community testing sites for COVID-19 at locations across Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and...
Local teacher stays connected with students through Facebook
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) - Since the stay at home order many teachers are finding creative ways to both teach students and provide support...
Richlands Police Department teams up with American Red Cross to houses...
RICHLANDS, VA (WOAY) - Due to flooding and social distancing Richlands Police Department is taking a new approach to how evacuees are sheltering in...
Richlands, VA experience flooding in some parts of town
RICHLANDS, VA (WOAY) - Last night after heavy rain Richlands, VA experienced extreme flooding in some parts of town.
After a long night of...
Town of Richlands closes playground facilities at Critterville
RICHLANDS, VA (WOAY) - The Town of Richlands has closed the playground facilities at Critterville due to COVID-19.
The following message was posted on the...
Tazewell County, VA confirms first two positive cases of COVID-19
LEBANON, VA (WOAY) – The Virginia Department of Health’s Cumberland Plateau Health District announced today its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in residents...
Tazewell County Schools begins preparations to complete the academic school year
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) - Yesterday afternoon, we received more guidance from the state superintendent and are now beginning the planning stage for completing...
Bluefield College student tests positive for COVID-19
BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) -Â Bluefield College leadership has been notified that a Bluefield College student has tested positive for COVID-19.
The student has been home, outside...
Bluefield College will keep continuing operating at a normal schedule
BLUEFIELD, VA (WOAY) – Bluefield College leadership has been consistently monitoring the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) during the spring semester. The safety of our campus...
Community cleanup event announced in Richlands after floods
RICHLANDS, VA (WOAY) - The Richlands Police Department has announced that a cleanup and rebuilding effort from the floods earlier this month will take...
Tazewell Co. Career and Technical Center students and administration encourage hands-on...
TAZEWELL, VA (WOAY) - In honor of Career and Technical Education Month, Tazewell County Career and Technical Center opened its doors to give an...
God’s Pit Crew stops in Richlands for flood relief
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) - Despite devastating circumstances, community members are amazed by how neighbors come to their aid during their time of need.
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