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Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021 A decade ago, Virginians near Interstate 81 in Washington County were waking to frightening scenes that seemed otherworldly for our region. Three died at Glade Spring as an EF3 tornado sliced a path 20 miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide through Washington County and a small portion of Smyth County on the evening of April 27, 2011. Lois Cox looks over the remains of the mobile home Friday where her son Willie Boardwine lived in Glade Spring. He was home when the tornado struck and survived with a collapsed lung and multiple broken ribs ...

First Bank & Trust Company Promotes Sophie Chafin Vance and Elizabeth Dean News provided by Share this article Share this article ABINGDON, Va., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Bank & Trust Company and its parent holding company, First Bancorp, Inc., today announced the promotion of two long-time employees. Sophie Chafin Vance, Vice President and Branch Coordinator, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Branch Operations Officer. Elizabeth Dean, Assistant Vice President and Training Officer, has been promoted to Vice President and Training Manager. Sophie Chafin Vance, Senio...

Utility Implements Standard 7'' Rear Impact Guard on All Trailer Models 01/28/2021 | 01:35pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields ® curtainsided trailers is pleased to announce its dry vans, refrigerated vans and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with Utility’s standard 7” deep horizontal Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) bumper. Utility's I.C.C. Bumper. (Photo: Business Wire) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently proposed to include the rear impact guard on the list of items that need to be examined during a commercial vehicle’s annua...

Man goes over 140 mph in stolen car on Interstate 81 trying to escape authorities, says Sheriff’s Office Chase happened early Wednesday morning in Smyth County Published:  Tags:  WSLS (WSLS) SMYTH COUNTY, Va. – A man is in a Southwest Virginia jail after leading police on a high-speed chase, according to the Smyth County Sheriff’s Office. At about 12:35 a.m. on Wednesday, a Smyth County deputy monitoring southbound traffic on Interstate 81 clocked a vehicle going 103 mph. When the deputy attempted to stop the vehicle it continued driving, eventually exceeding 140 miles per hour, accor...

Carolyn R. Wilson | For the Washington County News GLADE SPRING, Va. — For a local culinary student, dreams do come true, even when a pandemic gets in the way. Twenty-year-old Katelyn Blevins was on her way to an internship assignment at the Disney College Program when the Florida resort closed in March due to rising cases of COVID-19. The Disney College Program is a national internship program operated by the Disney Internships & Programs division of The Walt Disney Co. “It was a huge disappointment,” said Blevins, who was among only a few in her culinary arts clas...