GREENVILLE, S.C. — Corrie Owen, a sophomore theatre major from Mouth of Wilson, was among more than 600 Bob Jones University students named to…
Grayson LandCare has announced the winners of its 2024 LandFair contest, which this year focused on making a positive impact on the New River.
Graduation is here for the Class of 2024, marking a milestone in the lives of many students nationwide.
It took a little while, but Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin have come up with a budget deal both…
Galax’s new Planning and Community Development Director Doug Williams has been all over and decided, in the end, that his home is in the city.
HILLSVILLE — Friends of Hillsville presented the first Second Saturday concert and cruise-in event of the year on May 11, with a good turnout …
Officers arrested a man for alleged arson and a driver was charged with numerous violations, according to reports from the Galax Police Department.
ELK CREEK — Long has the Blue Ridge maintained its connections to the Scottish Highlands, where many of our ancestors originated before migrat…
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County GATE Center is hosting two canning workshop sessions from the Virginia Cooperative Extension in June.
Imaginative, eclectic, electrifying… these are the only words The Gazette’s culture critic could possibly use to describe the Galax Elementary…
INDEPENDENCE — The Highland Camerata will hold its spring concerts on May 17 at 7:30 p.m. and May 19 at 3:30 p.m. at the Historic 1908 Courtho…
Missy Raines & Allegheny have joined the Blue Ridge Music Center’s “Deep Roots, Many Voices” summer concert series lineup.
City Gallery is hosting several “Create Your Bird House” silent auction fundraisers this month to benefit the Galax-Carroll-Grayson Animal Shelter.
Katelyn Wheatley of Carroll County High School was a second runner-up in the 2024 Congressional Art Competition in Virginia’s Ninth Congressio…
ARTS & MUSIC Galax adds public art to downtown electrical boxes Page A4
Grayson County Tourism invites you to “choose your own adventure” this fall with a self-guided tour that extends from Matthews Living History …
Thanks to an anonymous (and very generous) donor, the Galax Volunteer Fire Department has six new sets of protective gear.
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on May 14 to discuss and review amendments to land use polic…
As part of their efforts to beautify the city, Galax’s Public Art Committee will cover a fourth downtown electrical box along the Main Street …
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s staff will be in Galax on May 13 for “Kaine Connects,” described as an opportunity for citizens to meet with a member of…
WOODLAWN — A two-vehicle accident on U.S. 58 in Carroll County at approximately 5 p.m. on April 15 injured two people, according to the Virgin…
WYTHEVILLE — Wytheville Community College (WCC) will celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2024 during three commencement ceremonies on May 11.
AUSTINVILLE — A Wytheville man was arrested on May 7 during an investigation conducted by the Twin County Narcotics Task Force.
Two law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in Charlotte, N.C., had ties to the Twin Counties.
U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has announced the opening of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Ninth Congressional District students.
The League of Women Voters of Virginia has implemented a new program to engage young people in Democracy.
Benjamin Lee Boyette of Galax was one of 52 new Virginia State Troopers who graduated in February, part of the State Police Training Academy's…