Damascus, Virginia

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DAMASCUS, Va. - Three months after Bill Nunley took over as police chief, change is evident at the Damascus Police Department.

It's not enough just to build trails like the Virginia Creeper, the host of PBS's America's Walking said at a conference here Friday; to improve health, communities must be built to facilitate walking and ...

Former Damascus Police Chief Tony Richardson faces up to 80 years in prison after pleading no contest Tuesday to charges that he sold and conspired to distribute methamphetamine.

The former chief of a small southwest Virginia town has pleaded no contest to two charges of distributing drugs.

Bicyclists cross more than 30 trestles and bridges on the 17-mile-long Whitetop Station-to-Damascus section of the Virginia Creeper Trail, the remnant of a train line.

Abingdon, Virginia, is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Virginia, near the state's border with North Carolina.

If you love to hike, there is no better place for you than Damascus, Virginia. Damascus is a small town located in southwestern Virginia.

DAMASCUS, Va. - All he did was weld and have fun. Horseshoe by horseshoe. Yet, for years, Lassiter Hoyle didn't know what he was doing was art.

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Governor Timothy M. Kaine recently announced appointments to the following boards and commissions: Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Commission Jim A. Baldwin of Abingdon, executive director of the ...

The Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff's Department issued a missing child alert for a 15 year old Damascus girl Sunday morning.

Story by Celeste von Mangan Annette Bednosky has accomplished much in the five years she has competed in ultramarathons.

Just as one Damascus, Va., controversy appears to be settled, another rears its head in the small Washington County, Va., town.

ABINGDON, Va. - Two more cases of rabies were confirmed Friday in Washington County, Va., said Scott Honaker, environmental health manager for Mount Rogers Health District.

Thursday's regional roundup - Sullivan County to auction 114 properties for back taxes; 2 more girls possibly sexually abused by church youth leaders; Prescription drugs more accessible to teens than beer; ...

The Damascus Town Council hired a police chief and a clerk after a lengthy closed-session meeting on Wednesday.

The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at its regular meeting Tuesday to pursue two facilities projects: a new branch library in the Benhams community and possible use of the Johnston ...

All these years later, Lawrence Dye is still out there. Almost every day. This retired teacher rides the Virginia Creeper Trail.