🌱 How will Honaker’s $564,183 grant reshape downtown life?

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• How will Honaker's $564,183 grant reshape downtown life?

Also on today's calendar: Chilhowie Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Honaker and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 74 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: Sunshine and nice, temps: high: 74, low: 54.
• Saturday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 65 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Millions in grants awarded to Southwest Virginia communities for development (wjhl.com) — Honaker is set to receive $564,183 in state-administered federal funds to revitalize its downtown, part of a broader $22.7 million Community Development Block Grant package across Virginia. Local leaders can use this money to upgrade infrastructure, support housing and boost the town's core business district, while neighboring Southwest Virginia communities also secured funding for waterline and housing projects.
   

📸 Around Honaker

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Honaker

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8
• Holston Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Honaker →
  Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Chilhowie Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Honaker →
  Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Northwood at Honaker →
  Honaker VA
  7:00 pm
Friday November 6
• Rural Retreat Varsity Football @ Honaker →
  Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Play Mahjong →
  Tazewell County Public Library (Tazewell Branch), 129 Main St, Tazewell
  6:00 pm
• Northwood vs Patrick Henry →
  Northwood High School, 305 Panther Lane, Saltville
  7:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Public Safety Committee Meeting →
  Saltville Town Hall, 217 Palmer Ave, Saltville
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• A Taste of Ireland →
  E&H McGlothlin Center for the Arts, 30481 Garnand Dr, Meadowview
  7:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Paradigm Pipeline Safety Awareness Training Program →
  The Russell County Conference Center, 139 Highland Dr., Lebanon
  5:30 pm
• Paradigm Pipeline Safety Awareness Training Program | LEBANON →
  The Russell County Conference Center, 139 Highland Dr., Lebanon
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Chilhowie at Northwood →
  Northwood High School, 305 Panther Lane, Saltville
  7:00 pm
• Northwood vs Chilhowie →
  Northwood High School, 305 Panther Lane, Saltville
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Samuel, Son & Co (USA), Inc. posted a job opening for Welder - Hiring Now in Lebanon. Apply here.
• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in RICHLANDS VA S00265 in Richlands. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Honaker here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lebanon

• Lebanon hammers Battle to win fourth straight (thelebanonnews.com)
• Russell County Unit of the Virginia Cooperative Extension (thelebanonnews.com)
• Chamber of commerce celebrates two grand openings (thelebanonnews.com)

Richlands

• Virginia supermarket blames $25K utility bills for forcing it out of business (nypost.com)
• Obituaries: Week of October 4, 2026, In Loving Memory (smokeybarn.com)

Grundy

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol donates more than $30K to two local nonprofits (wjhl.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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