Lee County: Weekly Pay Reaches $910, Still 55% of the Virginia Average
Lee County had an average of 4,153 jobs in the first quarter of 2026, and they paid an average of $910 a week, according to the latest county file from the U.S.…
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Lee County: Half of Nine Years of Crashes Were on U.S. 58 and Its Alternate Route
Lee County recorded 2,502 reportable traffic crashes from 2017 through 2025, by The Lee Daily Register’s count from the state’s public Virginia Roads crash records. Twenty-seven…
Lee County Schools: Chronic Absenteeism, School by School, From 2023-24 to 2025-26
Fewer than one in 14 Lee County students was chronically absent last school year, down from more than one in three two years earlier. By The…
Lee County: Cumberland Gap Park Drew 765,010 Visits in 2025, Still Below Its 2016 High
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park counted 765,010 recreation visits in 2025, according to the National Park Service’s visitor-use statistics. By The Lee Daily Register’s calculation from…
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Lee County: What Government Spends Per Resident, Compared With Wise, Scott, Dickenson and Russell
Lee County government spent $4,177 for every resident in the year that ended June 30, 2025. That is almost exactly the middle of the 90 Virginia…
Lee County: Voter Turnout in Six Elections, Precinct by Precinct
About 65% of Lee County’s registered voters cast a ballot in November 2020. In November 2022, the last federal midterm, about 37% did. Those rates are…
Lee County: Every Vote From the Oct. 20 Supervisors Meeting, and the Ones With No Dollar Figure
Written minutes for the Lee County Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 20 meeting were not posted as of Oct. 29. The county’s minutes page lists minutes only…
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Lee County: Virginia Flu Visits Run Ahead of Last Year as Local Shot Rates Lag
Flu visits in Virginia are running well ahead of last fall’s pace, and Lee County enters the season with some of the lowest flu shot rates…
Lee County: A Year After Pennington Gap EMS Closed, the County’s EMS Budget Line Is Down 62%
Lee County’s budget line for emergency medical services is much smaller this year. The 2026-27 appropriation labeled “Emergency Medical Service” is $124,700, down from $325,500 a…
Lee County: Health Wagon Keeps Asking for Help; County Hasn’t Given Since 2022
The Health Wagon, the free-care nonprofit based in Wise County, has asked Lee County for a donation at least three times since August. The Board of…
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Lee County: Three Grant Programs Have Approved or Recommended $10.1 Million Since 2022
Three grant programs have approved or recommended about $10.07 million for Lee County projects since January 2022, by The Lee Daily Register’s count from each agency’s own award lists. Of…
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Lee County: 75 of 78 Federal Broadband Locations Are Set for Satellite, a State List Shows
Virginia’s federal broadband money, the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program known as BEAD, covers 78 locations in Lee County, and 75 of them are slated for satellite service. By…
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Lee County: Cumberland Gap Park Drew 765,010 Visits in 2025, Still Below Its 2016 High
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park counted 765,010 recreation visits in 2025, according to the National Park Service’s visitor-use statistics. By The Lee Daily Register’s calculation from that table, the total…
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Lee County: Virginia Flu Visits Run Ahead of Last Year as Local Shot Rates Lag
Flu visits in Virginia are running well ahead of last fall’s pace, and Lee County enters the season with some of the lowest flu shot rates in the state, based…
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Lee County: School Enrollment Falls to 2,593, the Lowest Since at Least 2018
Lee County Public Schools had 2,593 students in kindergarten through 12th grade on Sept. 30, 111 fewer than on the same date last year. That is a drop of about…
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Lee County: Deer Rifle Season Opens Nov. 14 After the Biggest Harvest Since 2015
Deer rifle season opens in Lee County on Saturday, Nov. 14, coming off the county’s biggest deer harvest in a decade. Hunters reported 1,424 deer in the county in the…
