David Mcgee

1 week ago | heraldcourier.com | David McGee |David Mcgee

BRISTOL, Va. — The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion returns to its traditional September weekend with a lineup of more than 100 artists including Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Band Perry and Lukas Nelson, son of country legend Willie Nelson. Festival organizers revealed the full lineup April 16, some five months before music again resumes bouncing off the walls of downtown businesses Sept. 19-21, during an event at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. “This is a big moment for people.

Oct 3, 2024 | richmond.com | David McGee |David Mcgee

This is a developing story that will be updated ... U.S. Sen. JD Vance, the GOP nominee for vice president, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday toured flood-damaged Damascus, Virginia. Helene is the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. At least 200 people throughout the Southwest were killed as Hurricane Helene raked across multiple states last week starting from Florida's Gulf Coast.

Jan 4, 2024 | starexponent.com | David McGee |David Mcgee

A new Democratic House member who quietly flipped a Chesterfield County district long held by Republicans wants Virginia to rethink its decades-old ban on radar detectors.

May 17, 2023 | swvatoday.com | David McGee |David Mcgee

BRISTOL, Va. - The city of Bristol, Virginia, on Friday agreed with Bristol, Tennessee's assertions and demands made in a lawsuit filed Thursday and is offering to pay part of that city's legal bills if city leaders will settle the complaint. On Thursday, Bristol, Tennessee, filed the 63-page complaint in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, blaming its sister city for not properly managing its landfill, creating a health hazard and nuisance.

May 11, 2023 | swvatoday.com | David McGee |David Mcgee |Mark Sage

A new report shows there were fewer households in poverty or financially challenged from 2019-2021 in eight of 12 Southwest Virginia localities. But part of that trend reflects diminished population rather than economic gains. At first glance Southwest Virginia appeared to fare well in the report with double-digit declines of households trying to make ends meet in Lee County and the city of Norton, while much of the region declined 3% to 5%.