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Whether you’re looking for outdoor fun, live music, food or fireworks, there’s plenty to choose from this weekend.

BIG STONE GAP – Thirty-eight years ago, Mountain Empire Older Citizens was trying to help senior citizens get to the organization’s feeding and socialization programs.

PENNINGTON GAP — The desk where Alex Haley wrote his best sellers “Roots” and “Queen” sat in a Johnson City warehouse for 30 years after the author’s death.

WOODWAY – Roy H. Thomas finally came home Sunday.

PENNINGTON GAP – Tammy Jo Franklin’s first week as Pennington Gap’s new Parks and Recreational Director included hosting more than 100 kids at Leeman Field Park.

State officials said the grants are part of a $2.7 million statewide set of awards to 215 local and regional tourism-related groups for 259 events and destinations.

Bob Richards first job paid about $2.50 per hour.

WISE – For more than two decades, the Appalachian Writing Project has been helping area teachers show students how to become better writers.

PENNINGTON GAP – One man died and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash near Pennington Gap Friday.

Biden has an opportunity to change prison culture for the better, if he takes it.