Smyth County, VA

CHILHOWIE, Va. — Crews responded to an overnight crash involving a train in Smyth County. In a post on social media, Chilhowie Fire & EMS crews say they responded to the intersection of Lee Highway and Seven Mile Ford Road Tuesday night. According to crew members, they found a...

The U.S. Forest Service will soon begin work on $575,000 worth of backlogged maintenance projects in Western Virginia. Replacing a road bridge that leads to the Roaring Run Recreation Area in Botetourt County and making improvements to the Virginia Creeper Trail in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area are covered by the funding, which is part of the Great American Outdoors Act passed in 2020 by Congress.

Smyth County deputies and Chilhowie officers earned some praise from local residents over the weekend after they helped rescue a dog trapped inside a vehicle that had crashed. Deputy Andy Selfe said the crash happened Saturday afternoon when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Whitetop and Loves Mill roads in Chilhowie.