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Santa Train to remain off the rails for 2022

Santa Train to remain off the rails for 2022

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – For the third straight year the Santa Train won’t trek through the region but CSX and its partners plan to again host drive-through gift events.

“Several months of planning goes into bringing the Santa Train to life each year, meaning we are faced with making decisions as early as possible,” Bryan Tucker, vice president of corporate communications at CSX, said in a written statement. “Due to current supply chain and ongoing staffing challenges across our network, all of CSX’s resources and personnel a ... Read more

Fighting for RGGI and the climate

A look at six rallies that took place in support of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in Virginia

By Noah Vickers, Appalachian Voices Editorial Communications Assistant Fall 2022

Recently on Aug. 31, I attended one of t ... Read more

Lithium Battery Company To Create 200 Full Time Jobs In King

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Two battery component processing and manufacturing facilities are coming to North Carolina thanks to funds provided by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced it ... Read more

These Guys Raced On A “Ghost Track” Abandoned For 49 Yea

Many of the dragways of yesteryear have been fully consumed by residential and commercial “progress,” all traces of their former glory wiped clean off the map to make way for new developments. But littered throughout the nation, often nestled dee ... Read more

Neece continues to inspire Sykes at Lonesome Pine

Veteran Lonesome Pine Raceway competitor Joey Sykes never has to search for inspiration.

Flash back to 2010 when this 33-year-old Dante, Virginia, resident got his start in racing thanks to a fellow coal miner from Dickenson County.

“I started coming to Lonesome Pine in the early 90s,” Sykes said. “I always wanted to have my own car, but I didn’t have any family involved in the sport. Then I talked to Roger Neece.”

The homespun and personable Neece won 204 races and 10 track championships at LPR ... Read more

Castlewood Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Government

ABINGDON, Va. – One of the 33 individuals charged with defrauding the federal government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits was sentenced this week to 30 months in federal prison.

Timothy Hunter Hileman, 29, of Cas ... Read more

Conservation Crew Builds Trails in Dante, Virginia

By Ben Bolling

Crews with the Appalachian Conservation Corps have been hard at work on 5.5 miles of non-motorized paths that are part of the Dante Trails project in Russell and Dickenson counties of Southwest Virginia.

The A ... Read more

Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Massachusetts Joins Community Aff

The Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA, located in Marblehead, Massachusetts, has joined the US Squash Community Affiliate Network.

Constructed in 2008, the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA is part of the YMCA of the North Shore association that includes fi ... Read more

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Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.