David McGee

2 months ago | dailyprogress.com | David McGee |David Mcgee

Vice President JD Vance pledged Monday that the federal government will do more to help residents of Damascus, a tiny community in Southwest Virginia, rebuild in the wake of disastrous late-September flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Vance had visited Damascus, a town of fewer than 800 people in Washington County, as a candidate in early October just after the flooding.

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%.