Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Riggs.

Our newspaper information for Riggs is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riggs. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Riggs. Our list contains 27 papers that were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Riggs.

Newspapers Neighboring Riggs ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km] of Riggs.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Riggs.

Published In Clinchport ...
- Cedarhurst News (from 1940)
  - Published during 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cedarhurst News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066848
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42882636
- Lonesome Pine Chronicle (from 1935)
  - Years of publication: 1935 to 193?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lonesome Pine Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066831
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16744230
- Whispering Breeze (from 1937)
  - Years of publication: 1937 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Whispering Breeze
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066825
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42466187
Published In Gate City ...
- Scott County Herald-Virginian (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scott County Herald-Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00064870
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43272362
- Scott County Virginia Star (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Scott County Virginia Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84001929
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11408199
- The Gate City Herald (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 196?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gate City Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079256
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33090589
- The Scott County News (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 196?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Scott County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079228
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32877051
Published In Big Stone Gap [Wise County] ...
- Big Stone Gap Herald (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Big Stone Gap Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87060149
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15305587
- The Big Stone Gap Post (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 1928
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Big Stone Gap Post
  - Holdings: LCCN SN88061179
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18212148
  - ISSN Number: 2157-4782
- The Big Stone Post (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1892
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: The Big Stone Post
  - Holdings: LCCN SN87060150
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15305688
  - ISSN Number: 2163-5498
- The Mountain Empire News (from 1978)
  - Years of publication: 1978 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mountain Empire News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060613
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 166261922
- The Post (from 1928)
  - Years of publication: 1928 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079301
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33386628
- The Wise Owl (from 1936)
  - Published during 1936
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wise Owl
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066887
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43039247
Published In Norton [Norton City] ...
- Crawford's Weekly (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1935
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Crawford's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94059439
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31475469
- Crawford's Weekly (from 1924)
  - Published during 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Crawford's Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068222
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40278391
- Norton Free Press (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Norton Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066703
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41015194
- The Church Journal (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Church Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068284
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40278339
- The Clinch Valley Baptist (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clinch Valley Baptist
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066708
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41015613
- The Coalfield Progress (from 1924)
  - Years of publication: 1924 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coalfield Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86001691
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13866557
- The Daily Progress (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066919
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42243710
- The Lone Eagle (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lone Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066907
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43065823
- The Norton Reporter And Miners Enterprise (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to 1920
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Norton Reporter And Miners Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96096562
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34527622
- The Norton Reporter (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Norton Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066754
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41015329
- The Salmagundi (from 194?)
  - Published during 194?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Salmagundi
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066930
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43065813
- The Virginia Digest (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Virginia Digest
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079187
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32685035
- Wise County News (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Wise County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066857
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41015222
Published In Appalachia [Wise County] ...
- Appalachia Independent (from 1920)
  - Years of publication: 1920 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Appalachia Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32600048

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riggs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7618, Longitude: -82.6490 In this case, the coordinates for Riggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).