Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 27 newspapers that have been published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Riggs. The list has been sorted by paper name.

Appalachia Independent (from 1920)
- Published in Appalachia [Wise County]
- 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
Big Stone Gap Herald (from 18??)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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
Cedarhurst News (from 1940)
- Published in Clinchport [Scott County]
- 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
Crawford's Weekly (from 1919)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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 in Norton [Norton City]
- 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
Lonesome Pine Chronicle (from 1935)
- Published in Clinchport [Scott County]
- 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
Norton Free Press (from 1902)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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
Scott County Herald-Virginian (from 19??)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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 Big Stone Gap Post (from 1892)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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 Church Journal (from 1923)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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 Gate City Herald (from 1903)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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 Lone Eagle (from 1939)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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 Mountain Empire News (from 1978)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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 Norton Reporter And Miners Enterprise (from 1917)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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 Post (from 1928)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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 Salmagundi (from 194?)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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 Scott County News (from 1946)
- Published in Gate City [Scott County]
- 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
The Virginia Digest (from 1926)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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
The Wise Owl (from 1936)
- Published in Big Stone Gap [Wise County]
- 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
Whispering Breeze (from 1937)
- Published in Clinchport [Scott County]
- 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
Wise County News (from 1911)
- Published in Norton [Norton City]
- 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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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).