GROUPS CRITICIZE FEDERAL REPORT
Local and environmental activists are criticizing a report from a federal agency finding that a nuclear processing facility in East Tennessee poses a low cancer risk. At a public meeting…
ROOMMATE CHARGED IN ASSAULT
A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED HIS ROOMMATE. POLICE RESPONDED TO LEELAND TRAILER PARK ON LEELAND ROAD ON A REPORT OF AN ASSAULT.…
UNITED WAY TAKING OVER SANTA PAL FINANCES
THE SANTA PAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DECIDED TO TURN OVER THE CHRISTMAS CHARITY’S FINANCES TO THE UNITED WAY OF BRISTOL. THIS ACTION AFTER THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF ITS EXECUTIVE…
PLANE LANDS ON INTERSTATE NEAR ABINGDON
A student pilot from Tennessee had to do some quick thinking when his two-seat Cessna 150 ran out of fuel and he was forced to land the plane on interstate…
THREE DICKENSON COUNTY MEN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
THREE DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA MEN HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BIG STONE GAP FOR STEALING EQUIPMENT FROM RECREATION AREAS ON U.S. FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO U.S.…
OPPONENTS OF POWER PLANT URGED NOT TO ATTEND MEETING
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE URGING OPPONENTS TO A PROPOSED 1.8 BILLION DOLLAR COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY TO BOYCOTT A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY…
DHS TO INVESTIGATE ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE HAVE ARISEN AT A JOHNSON CITY FACILITY THAT HELPS MENTALLY CHALLENGED ADULTS. THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS NOW BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE. DHS COMMUNITY…