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Shooting range noise, nuisance become targets

CRAIG COUNTY – A nearby resident’s complaint to a Craig County Board of Supervisors’ member about noise from a shooting range on National Forest land has riled up local gun enthusiasts. But Craig County leaders say they are not asking to have the National Forest Service close the Potts Slope Shooting Range, built in... »

Horse Competitive Trail Challenge will be this weekend

NEW CASTLE – The Back Country Horsemen of the Eastern Divide are inviting horsemen everywhere to test their horse skills at a three-day Competitive Trail Challenge at the Craig County Fairgrounds this weekend, beginning Friday evening, July 20, and ending Sunday with Cowboy Church followed by a mountain trail ride through some of Craig... »

Train ‘runs’ again at Fenwick Mines

CRAIG COUNTY – The train hasn’t run at Fenwick Mines since the boom days of the iron mining town in the early 1900s. But there’s a new train now. On June 7, a crew from the National Forest recreation team out of the Eastern Divide office in Blacksburg installed a 31-foot-long wooden train –... »

Craig-Alleghany wildfire gobbles more than 2,500 acres

CRAIG COUNTY – The woodlands fire that apparently started six days ago in Craig County has now gobbled more than 2,500 acres in Craig and Alleghany County. More than 100 federal and local firefighters are battling the flames in the Barbours Creek Wilderness area on Potts Mountain close to the Botetourt County line. National... »

Patrons of Locust Mountain Grill had a lot to celebrate

NEW CASTLE  – Locust Mountain Grill owners Carolyn and Joseph Harless and daughters Josie and Hannah, along with about 150 patrons, recently celebrated the grill’s second anniversary with lots of music, food, door prizes and fun. Not only that, the celebration was held on St. Patrick’s Day, which most people, Irish or not, love... »