NEW WASTE WATER EXPANSION PROJECT
KINGSPORT OFFICIALS HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON A 21-MILLION DOLLAR, 3-YEAR WASTE WATER TREATMENT EXPANSION PROJECT. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE CITY MAINTAINS REGULATORY…
COCAINE AMONG ITEMS CONFISCATED
A QUANTITY OF COCAINE, ALMOST 2-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH, AND A HANDGUN ARE AMONG THE ITEMS CONFISCATED BY THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA VICE-NARCOTICS UNIT AFTER DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT…
STATE SUSPENDS HIGHWAY WORK
The state will halt all construction work requiring lane closures on Tennessee interstates and state highways beginning at noon on Wednesday. The move is to help traffic flow during the…
CONSOL HOPES TO REOPEN IDLE MINE
Officials at Consol Energy have told employees the company is expected to reopen its idled Buchanan County Coal Mine near Mavisdale by January, but it’s still waiting for regulators to…
HOLSTON VALLEY HOSPITAL RECEIVES TOP HONOR
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER IN KINGSPORT HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S 100 BEST HEART HOSPITALS IN THE NATION. THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS…
HARR NAMED TO HIS FATHER’S OLD SEAT
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION HAS APPOINTED A NEW INTERIM DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER. JON HARR WAS NAMED TO THE SEAT, WHICH WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY HIS FATHER RALPH HARR. THE ELDER…
CRITICAL NEED FOR BLOOD
OFFICIALS WITH WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S MARSH REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER SAY THEY ARE IN CRITICAL NEED OF O-NEGATIVE BLOOD. WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON APPROACHING, BLOOD CENTER OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED AN EMERGENCY…
CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING GIRLFRIEND
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS GIRLFRIEND AT GUNPOINT IS BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL DUGGER OF THE POGA COMMUNITY, IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,…
DAVE LIGHT TO RETIRE
THE CITY OF KINGSPORT WILL SOON HAVE TO SEARCH FOR A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THIS AFTER DAVE LIGHT ANNOUNCED HE HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE. LIGHT HAS SERVED THE CITY…
FOUR ACCUSED IN HOME INVASION
BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED THREE ADULTS AND A JUVENILE IN CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN THE CITY. 20 YEAR OLD JASON OLIVER, 21 YEAR OLD MALISA KENNEY,…
HAWKINS COUNTY FIRE CLAIMS ONE
A FIRE IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT A MOBILE HOME ON RICHARDS ROAD IN SURGOINSVILLE SATURDAY. AUTHORITIES SAID 24 YEAR…