Month: April 2015

A Fire At A Church Hill Campground Has Destroyed Three Campers And A Cabin. Authorities Are Treating The Blaze As An Arson. The Small Campground Is Located Along River Road.…

A Lawsuit Filed By The Masons Against The Town Of Erwin And Tennessee Municipal League Has Been Dismissed In Unicoi County Circuit Court. Chancellor John Rambo Made The Ruling After…

A Kingsport Man Is Among 22 People That Were Granted A Pardon By President Barack Obama. Herman Rosenboro Of Kingsport Was Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess With The…

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Has Signed A Bill Intended To Eliminate Pill Mills In Tennessee. Bill 157’s Job Is To Repeal The Intractable Pain Treatment Act, Which Was Passed In…

Medic-One Medical Response In Erwin Has A New Base Of Operations. They Have Relocated From The County-Owned Jail Annex To A North Main Street Apartment Along Main Avenue. The Property…

The Low Water Levels On Boone Lake Is Now Affecting The Real Estate Market. TVA Dropped The Lake 30 Feet Below Normal And It’s Expected To Stay That Way For…

A Former Kingsport Alderman Has Died. Charles Minor Passed Away At His Home On Wednesday. He Retired From Holliston Mills After 31 Years Of Service. While Serving As Adderman, Minor…

A Bridge Dedication Ceremony Is Set For This Weekend In Kingsport To Honor Sgt. First Class Jason D.B. Hickman. The Bridge Crosses The South Fork Of The Holston River On…

The Troutdale Dining Room In Bristol Tennessee Is Now Closed. Owner Todd Dawn Has Turned The Keys Of The Business Over To His Attorney. He Told The Bristol Herald Courier…

The Tennessee Department Of Transportation Will Suspend All Interstate Construction Work This Easter Weekend In Anticipation Of Increased Holiday Travel. TDOT Crews And Contractors Will Stop All Road Construction Work…

A Man Convicted Of Murdering And Dismembering The Bodies Of A Georgia Couple, Then Storing Their Bodies In A Johnson City Storage Facility, Is No Longer In Tennessee. Howard Hawk…

Three Kingsport Men Face Drug Charges After Police Showed Up At A Local Motel And Seized Money And Drugs With A Street Value Of Over 30-Thousand Dollars. Billy Fisher, Anthony…

A Former Bristol Virginia Utilties Vice President Who Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy In Federal Court Charged More Than 3-Thousand Dollars Worth Of Purchases At Area Eateries Over The Course Of…

More Light’s Being Shed On A Merger Between Two Local Health Care Organizations Which Owns 13 Hospitals In Tennessee And Virginia. An Internal Memo From Wellmont Health System Management Stated…

Bristol Virginia Utilities’ Longtime Attorney, Who Provided Legal Guidance To The Public Utility Before And During The Federal And Local Investigations, Has Retired. Walt Bressler Officially Told BVU Of His…

Alpha Natural Resources, Based In Bristol Virginia, Has Announced It Has Completed The Repurchase Of An Aggregate Of About 593 Million In Principal Of Its Secured Notes. The Repurchase And…

It’s Likely The Virginia Tobacco Commission Will Seek Restitution Of Grant Funds Involved In The Fraudulent Billing Case Against Two Former BVU Authority Executives. Robert Kelley Jr. And David Copeland,…

Greene County’s Unemployment Rate For February Was 7.8 Percent. That’s Down From 8.9 Percent In January. A Year Ago, The County’s Jobless Rate Was 8.8 Percent. Meanwhile, The State Unemployment…

Patrons Caught Up In A Messy Situation At A Surgoinsville Cemetery Received Bad News From The State Regarding Their Grave Plots And Services. Hawkins County Memorial Gardens Owner Vickie Ringley…

Niswonger Children’s Hospital Has Kicked Off Donate Life Month With A Special Event. Liver Recipient Joe Carder From Johnson City Discussed His Journey As The Result Of Receiving His Life-Saving…