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View Comments BENT MOUNTAIN — Under the dim, shaky glow of a headlamp, Deborah Kushner chained herself to the rocking chair well before the sun rose Wednesday morning. Her very seat was a common sight in Appalachian living, an emblem of front porches and the sweet fresh air of Virginia. The chair perched in the dark, bolted onto the trunk of a broken-down car. Kushner sat in the quiet of the woods with two other protestors, bracing herself for a protest that she knew would only subside once she was forcibly unchained from her chair and arrested. She had driven two hours from Staunto...

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.

Construction equipment is being strung together by cables to keep it from slipping downhill.

Roanoke County Government: Mobile COVID Vaccine Clinics Coming In June - Roanoke, VA - The County of Roanoke, in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) Region 6 office and FEMA will host two ...

A jury on Friday ordered Mountain Valley to pay the Chandlers $430,000. After hearing four days of testimony, the jury settled on the figure as “just compensation” for an 8.6-acre easement the company took in 2018, using its power of eminent domain to force a sale when the owners resisted. Currently under construction, the 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline bisects the Chandlers’ 111-acre property, passing about 500 feet from their custom-built home. “There’s a huge gap that cuts through the heart of their land, 125 feet wide and half a mile long,” Stephen Cla...