The Lee Daily Register reports on Lee County, Virginia from public records: budgets and minutes, state data, court and agency filings. This page lists our reporting by subject, with the newest work in each group first. Each story names its sources and says where our own counts come from.
County budget, taxes and spending
- Lee County: The Jail Bill Jumped Last Year. This Year’s Budget Expects It to Fall by Nearly $600,000 (2026-10-26)
- Lee County: A $110 Trash Bill, a Higher Tire Fee and Two Convenience Centers on the Move (2026-10-25)
- Lee County: A Year After Pennington Gap EMS Closed, the County’s EMS Budget Line Is Down 62% (2026-10-25)
- Lee County: Supervisors Start a Two-Year Clock on the Regional Library Contract (2026-10-22)
- Lee County: Plan to Get Social Services Money Paid Back Has Stalled (2026-10-22)
- Lee County: Norton’s Industrial Park Is Starting to Pay Lee County a Share (2026-10-22)
- Lee County: Supervisors Gathered 371 Signatures for a 1% Sales Tax. It Isn’t on the November Ballot (2026-10-20)
- Lee County: Auditor Finds No Fraud, but $40,937 in Social Services Card Charges Went Unchecked (2026-10-20)
- Lee County: Real Estate Tax Rate Stays at 69 Cents, One Year After a Split Vote (2026-10-19)
Schools and education
- Lee County Schools: Chronic Absenteeism, School by School, From 2023-24 to 2025-26 (2026-10-31)
- Lee County: School Enrollment Falls to 2,593, the Lowest Since at Least 2018 (2026-10-28)
- Lee County: Four of 10 Schools Earn the State’s Top Rating, and All Stay Fully Accredited (2026-10-25)
- Lee County: Supervisors to Hear From College Promise Program on Tuesday (2026-10-18)
Health and public services
- Lee County: Virginia Flu Visits Run Ahead of Last Year as Local Shot Rates Lag (2026-10-28)
- Lee County: Health Wagon Keeps Asking for Help; County Hasn’t Given Since 2022 (2026-10-22)
- Lee County: Where the Opioid Settlement Money Is Going (2026-10-21)
- Lee County: Shelter Volunteers Say Sick Dogs Cost Them a Key Rescue Partner, Ask for Kennel Fixes (2026-10-21)
- Lee County: Shelter Sent 560 Dogs to Rescue Groups Last Year, State Records Show (2026-10-19)
- Lee County: Hospital Not on State’s Closure-Risk Lists as Ballad Lands $2 Million Network Grant (2026-10-18)
Elections and voting
- Lee County: More Voters on the Rolls Than Before the 2022 Midterm (2026-10-27)
- Pennington Gap: Council Sets Nov. 3 Hearing on $291,835 for Water and Sewer Equipment (2026-10-27)
- Lee County: What’s on the Nov. 3 Ballot, From Senate to Town Council (2026-10-20)
Roads, water and local projects
- Lee County: State to Present Wilderness Road State Park Draft Plan Nov. 4 (2026-10-27)
- Lee County: The District Gravel Fund Is Gone, and Boones Path Road Waits Until 2032 (2026-10-26)
- Lee County: The 115-Home Ewing Project Has $5.3 Million in Public Grants and Waits on a Sewer Line (2026-10-26)
- Lee County: Western Lee Sewer Moves to Easements as Property Owners Get Offer Letters (2026-10-21)
- Lee County: Data Centers Need a Special Permit Here, and Officials Say No Deal Is in Place (2026-10-19)
- Pennington Gap: Water Plant’s Chlorine Monitor Back in Service After Rule Violation (2026-10-18)
Jobs, grants and the local economy
- Lee County: Three Grant Programs Have Approved or Recommended $10.1 Million Since 2022 (2026-10-30)
- Lee County: 75 of 78 Federal Broadband Locations Are Set for Satellite, a State List Shows (2026-10-30)
- Lee County: Jobless Rate Is 4.8%, but the Bigger Story Is a Smaller Workforce (2026-10-22)
- Lee County: New Comprehensive Plan Projects Fewer People and Bets on the West End (2026-10-19)
Outdoors, parks and community
- Lee County: Cumberland Gap Park Drew 765,010 Visits in 2025, Still Below Its 2016 High (2026-10-30)
- Lee County: Deer Rifle Season Opens Nov. 14 After the Biggest Harvest Since 2015 (2026-10-28)
- Pennington Gap: Tobacco Festival Weekend Brings Cledus T. Judd, a 5K and the 3 p.m. Parade (2026-10-19)
Public safety and records
- Lee County: Half of Nine Years of Crashes Were on U.S. 58 and Its Alternate Route (2026-10-31)
- Lee County: Every Vote From the Oct. 20 Supervisors Meeting, and the Ones With No Dollar Figure (2026-10-31)
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