Month: February 2015

Johnson City Will Soon Need To Find A New Chief Building Official. Dave Jenny, Who Currently Holds The Seat, Has Announced He Plans To Retire This Spring. Jenny Has Served…

The Mayoral Race In Kingsport Now Has A Fifth Candidate. Former Kingsport Building Official Mike Freeman Filed His Petition With The Sullivan County Election Commission This Week. Freeman Joins Alderman…

Second Harvest Food Bank Of Northeast Tennessee Has Received A Community Impact Grant From New York Life Insurance. The 25-Thousand Dollar Check Was Presented To Second Harvest Officials During A…

The names of three people have been forwarded as nominees for a vacancy in the circuit court of the 3rd Judicial District. The three are Kenneth Newton Bailey Jr. and…

An Arrest Has Been Made Concerning A Burglary At A Kingsport Wrecker Service. It Happened Last Week At Sexton’s On Bloomingdale Pike. After The Story Was Featured In The Media,…

A Kingsport Man Who Has Been On The Lame For Two Months Is Now Behind Bars. 37 Year Old Shawn Botkin Is Charged With Felony Reckless Endangerment, Felony Evading Arrest,…

Bristol Regional Medical Center Has A New Director Of Surgical Services. Stacy Long Was Named To The Position Recently. She Most Recently Served As The Hospital’s Assistant Director Of Surgical…

The Bristol Virginia School Board Hopes To Meet Tomorrow Concerning Its Proposed 2015-16 Fiscal Year Budget. The Public Hearing Will Deal With A Combination Of Less Federal And State Funding…

An Investigation Is Continuing Into A Weekend Fire In Duffield Virginia That Claimed The Life Of A Scott County Man. The House On U.S. 23 Was Fully Involved When Firefighters…

East Tennessee State University will host an agricultural conference in March. The “Growing Agriculture Conference: Farming for the Ages” is scheduled for March 3 and is a collaboration of ETSU’s…

Scott County Virginia’s Property Value Reassessment Is Now Underway. The Last Assessment Took Place In 2009. Debbie Dockery, The Chief Deputy Of The County’s Commissioner Of The Revenue Office, Said…

A Former Washington County Tennessee Detention Center Supervisor Accused Of Shoplifting Won’t Be Spending Any Time Behind Bars. 49 Year Old Richard Edens Jr. Pled Guilty To Shoplifting Less Than…

A Town Of Unicoi Alderwoman Is Seeking More Information On Financial Reports Reviewed And Considered By The Town’s Board Of Mayor And Alderman. Kathy Bullen Made The Request Saying Details…

Bristol Virginia Leaders Are Working To Develop A Comprehensive Plan For The Future Of The City. It’s Expected To Take 16 Months To Establish Goals And Guidelines As Well As…

Repairs To An Aging Bridge In Washington County Virginia Will Soon Be Completed. The Avens Bridge On Route 670 Across Holston Lake Will Be Open To Traffic Sometime In The…

The Falls Commercial Center In Bristol Virginia Is Now On Schedule And The Walls Are Up For The Anchor Store, Cabelas. Construction Is Expected To Be Complete By August As…

While The Winter Storm May Not Have Brought Our Region As Much Snow, Area Roads Will Continue To Be A Challenge To Drivers. There’s Expected To Be Another Light Snow…

Sullivan County Could Be The First Place In The State To Implement Multi-Voting Centers. Under A Trial Basis, The County Is Expected To Setup 10 Or 12 Voting Centers Rather…

A Dryden Virginia Man, Who Plead Guilty To Breaking Into A Home, Tying Up The Occupant And Beating Him Unconscious Before Robbing Him Of His Medication Has Been Ordered To…

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Has Included Higher Education Funding As A Priority In His 2015 State Budget. If Approved By The General Assembly, The State’s Higher Education Formula Would Be…

The Low Water Level At Boone Lake Could Have An Economic Impact On Johnson City. The Lake Levels Are Down Due To A Seepage From Boone Dam That Was Discovered…

Bristol Virginia Has A New Fire Chief. Mike Armstrong Was Offered The Position And Accepted It. Currently, Armstrong Works As A Federal Government Emergency Manager In Roanoke. He’ll Leave That…