🌱 WALLENS RIDGE STATE PRISON - BIG STONE and 11 more events

Coffee in hand, Copper Creek? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds and sun with a t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 65.
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 18

• WALLENS RIDGE STATE PRISON - BIG STONE →
  272 DOGWOOD DRIVE, BIG STONE GAP
  10:00 am

Saturday September 19

• Appalachian Legends & Lore presents "The Cèilidh Gathering →
  Natural Tunnel State Park, 1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway, Duffield
• Appalachian Legends & Lore presents "The Cèilidh Gathering" →
  Natural Tunnel State Park, 1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway, Duffield
• Gate City, VA: Harvest Moon Festival →
  Kickin Back At King Alley in Gate City, Virginia, 156 E Jackson St, Gate City
  10:00 am

Tuesday September 22

• Mountain Traditions Woodcarvers Carving Workshop – BSG Visitor Center →
  Big Stone Gap Visitor Center, 306 Wood Ave E, Big Stone Gap
• Headstart Children Outreach
  Scott County Public Library, 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City
• Scott Co. EDA Monthly Meetings →
  Scott Co. Administrative Offices, 190 Beech St., Suite 201, Gate City
  6:00 pm
• Scott Co. EDA Monthly Meeting →
  190 Beech Street, Gate City
  6:00 pm

Wednesday September 23

• Trailblazers Animal Club
  C. Bascom Slemp Memorial Library, 11 Proctor Street N, Big Stone Gap
• LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL - BIG STONE GAP →
  1990 HOLTON AVE E, BIG STONE GAP
  10:00 am

Thursday September 24

• Scrapbooking/Collage Class
  Scott County Public Library, 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City
• Shoemaker Elementary Outreach
  Scott County Public Library, 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City

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🗞 Nearby News

Big Stone Gap

• Cowan area residents share birthdays, visits and memories (themountaineagle.com)
• ETSU and MECC to expand transfer pathways (etsu.edu)

Norton

• New Roanoke College scholarship targets Southwest Virginia students (cardinalnews.org)

Wise

• ‘Like Being Let Out of a Cage': What the Pittston Strike Can Teach Us About Faith, Building Community and Democracy (100daysinappalachia.com)
• Health Wagon receives grant for emergency medical training equipment (mountain-topmedia.com)
• Six charged in drug conspiracy centered on Wise County (mountain-topmedia.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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