The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected an emergency motion filed by Attorney General Jay Jones to appeal a Tazewell County Circuit Court’s ruling, which blocked the certification of Virginia’s Redistricting vote.

The redistricting vote is now caught in another legal standoff. A Tazewell County Circuit Court judge has ruled the process used to get this amendment on the ballot may not have followed Virginia law and because of that, the results from this week’s special election can’t move forward.

A Tazewell County Circuit Court judge is blocking the certification of results from the Redistricting Referendum, following a hearing Wednesday afternoon.

A debate over redistricting is heating up in Virginia as voters prepare to decide the issue in a statewide referendum, but with legal challenges now trying to block the vote, the future of that question remains uncertain.

A Halifax County woman is facing charges following a drug smuggling incident that took place at Pocahontas State Correctional Center in Tazewell County earlier this month, Virginia Department of Corrections said.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Services is asking the public to report possible cases of avian flu after multiple cases were reported in Southwest Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is alerting the public of a confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in an adult male deer legally harvested in Tazewell County.

Appalachian Power said that the route is for electrical upgrades and its purpose is to support economic development and increase reliability in the area.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that a sign manufacturer will soon establish a facility in Tazewell County, creating new jobs in the area.

David Whitt is now in custody, according to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

Fifteen-year-old Lily Elizabeth Payne and her boyfriend, Julian Reese Phipps, have been found safe, according to the Richlands Police Department.

A Pulaski man is dead after a motorcycle crash on Monday afternoon in Tazewell County.

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford City Police Department arrested a wanted Tazewell County man who was wanted on six warrants early Thursday morning. At about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a call about a wanted person out of Richlands, leading to a search in the area surrounding Rock Road. Authorities said 45-year-old Jason Edward Matney was taken into custody after an overnight search. According to New River Valley Regional Jail, Matney was wanted for brandishing or pointing a firearm, assault with a firearm used in the commission of a felony, weapons convicted as a felon, conspiracy to kidnap/abduct by force without justification, kidnapping/abducting by force without justification and simple assault. Police said he is currently being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond.

BLAND COUNTY, Va. – What started out as a search for a missing person has ended in a murder case, according to authorities in Bland County. A grand jury indicted two people on Monday in connection with the murder of David Hayes, of Tazewell. On Monday, Justin Hackler was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, concealing a dead body, conspiracy to conceal a dead body and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Leslie Hackler, his mother, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to conceal a dead body and concealing a dead body. The Bland County Sheriff’s Office and Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office both presented evidence to the grand jury in Bland County Circuit Court on Monday.