We are developing an indexed archive of local newspapers: Washington County Journal, Journal-Virginian, Glade Spring Citizen, Washington County News, and Political Prospect (Abingdon, VA). OCR (automated Optical Character Recognition) is used for text search but may contain garbled words, especially in older or faded newsprint. Your search results may preview imperfect text.
For older editions, we recommend you visit our library and read the newspaper scans directly.

• Enter years to limit search (or leave blank for all years).
• To search for an exact phrase, use quotes ("John Smith").
• All search fields, including OCR, are case-insensitive.
• If searching a very common word, try combining terms or limiting by year.