Reprint­ed with Per­mis­sion from The Dick­en­son Star Arti­cle and Pho­tos by Jenay Tate, Edi­tor and Pub­lish­er June 21, 2017 CLINTWOOD — In oper­a­tion since 1964, the mari­na on Flan­na­gan Lake turns anoth­er page in his­to­ry as it wel­comes the sum­mer sea­son under new own­er­ship. On Fri­day, almost all of the 99 boat slips at Flan­na­gan […]

Writ­ten by Shay Wil­son, Breaks Inter­state Park I’ve been to Grundy sev­er­al times since I’ve moved here, most­ly to mar­vel at their three-floored Wal­mart, but I hadn’t real­ized there were so many things to do and see! I ran out of day in Buchanan Coun­ty before I ran out of adven­ture. Here’s what I did […]

Writ­ten by Shay Wil­son, Breaks Inter­state Park At the heart of south­west Vir­ginia lies the foun­da­tion of great music that ranges from nos­tal­gic old time gospel to con­tem­po­rary blue­grass. No mat­ter where you go, you’ll get an ear­ful of string instru­ments, unique voic­es, and the sound of peo­ple danc­ing. We’re list­ing five of many of […]

Arti­cle Writ­ten by Shay Wil­son, Breaks Inter­state Park We’re start­ing off 2017 by adding a new string of blogs called ​“A Day with Shay!” If the title is any indi­ca­tion, my name is Shay and this series is my own per­son­al intro­duc­tion to the Heart of Appalachia. While the natives of south­west­ern Vir­ginia know all the […]

When you vis­it the South you’re always in search of one thing to make your trip com­plete: the best BBQ restau­rant around. Well, accord­ing to our fans find­ing the best bar­beque spot in the Heart of Appalachia is mighty hard but def­i­nite­ly pos­si­ble. The votes don’t lie and the best BBQ in the Heart of […]

Vis­it the aston­ish­ing Cedar Hill Coun­try Club and enjoy their 18-hole Estes designed course and club­house. Cedar Hill also sup­plies its vis­i­tors with a ten­nis court and in-ground pool, offer­ing a day of fun for the whole fam­i­ly. If you want more prac­tice before hit­ting Cedar Hill, stop by the Monte Vista Golf Club in […]

Bless­ing of the Bikes Mark your cal­en­dar and make plans to attend the 6th Annu­al Bless­ing of the Bikes on May 20th through May 22nd at the Grundy Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter, Grundy, VA. Three days of activ­i­ties and enter­tain­ment for the whole fam­i­ly includ­ing free gospel con­certs, a vet­er­ans memo­r­i­al cer­e­mo­ny, a parade, a fam­i­ly friend­ly […]