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ABINGDON, Va. – A Virginia political expert predicted a political standoff during the upcoming General Assembly session but area lawmakers said they can work across the aisle on some issues.

ABINGDON, Va--Just one week before they meet in the state capitol in Richmond, lawmakers are making their priorities heard for 2024.The Bristol Chamber of Comme

TAZEWELL, Va. — A new leader in the Virginia General Assembly met Thursday with Tazewell County leaders as he explored Southwest Virginia for the first time.

Sen. Frank Ruff, R-Mecklenburg, will not serve the four-year Senate term he just won in November, but instead will step down in January because of his ongoing treatment for cancer.

An unusual bipartisan group of legislators, comprising some of the most conservative and most liberal, want Gov. Glenn Youngkin to delay enforcing the renewed state ban on skill games, saying they want to work on a plan to regulate and tax the slot-machine-like devices.

Update Wednesday morning

The completion of the first 2.57 miles of the Coalfields Expressway (CFX — U.S. Rt. 121) in Buchanan County was celebrated last Wednesday.

GRUNDY, Va. — The completion of the first 2.57 miles of the Coalfields Expressway (CFX – U.S. Rt. 121) in Buchanan County was celebrated Thursday as a ribbon was cut

By MIKE WILLIAMS The Southwest Times Tuesday is Election Day in Pulaski County and across the Commonwealth. On the state level, voters will elect new members of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. Locally, all Constitutional offices will be decided, as well as all five seats on both the Board of Supervisors and School Board.

TAZEWELL, Va. — Although they were victorious in their re-election bids, Senator Travis Hackworth, R-Tazewell, and Delegate James W. “Will” Morefield, R-Tazewell, will face a new Democrat-majority when they return