Month: February 2018

A Bid Is Expected To Be Submitted By An Unnamed Private Firm This Month For A Proposed Elementary School In Bristol, Virginia. The Project Is Expected To Cost Up To…

Bristol Virginia City Leaders Are Going To Revisit The Possibility Of Joining The Regional Jail Authority. The City Jail Was Built To Hold 67 Inmates But Regularly Houses 150. A…

More Broadband Internet Service Is Headed To Hawkins County. Scott County Virginia Telephone Cooperative Received A 1.9 Million Dollar Grant Through The Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act To Extend Broadband Service…

Cabela’s Has Filed A Motion To Dismiss A 500-Thousand Dollar Federal Lawsuit Filed In U.S. District Court In Abingdon By A Customer Who Was Tased By Off-Duty Police Officers Working…

Johnson City Police Could Be Close To Making An Arrest In A Murder Last Year. 22 Year Old Rebekah Thompson Was Shot To Death While Sitting In Her Car Outside…

The Nickelsville Virginia Rescue Squad Is Making Financial Progress. It’s In Much Better Shape Now Than It Was A Month Ago. It Had Just Over 12-Thousand Dollars In Its Payroll…

Sad News For Southwest Virginia Race Fans. Lonesome Pine Raceway In Coeburn Virginia Will Not Reopen For The 2018 Season. Keith And Ervin Stiltner Have Leased The Track Since 2007.…

The Virginia Department Of Forestry’s Annual Burning Law Is Now In Effect. The Law States There Can Be No Burning Of Fires Until After 4pm Daily If The Blaze Is…

A Hawkins County Grand Jury Has Indicted A Rogersville Man For Allegedly Having Over A Hundred Images And Videos Of Children On His Computer. 30 Year Old Justin Strange Is…

Kingsport Police Have Been Successful In Ending A Standoff Peacefully. Officers Went To Check The General Health And Welfare Of A Subject Reportedly Suicidal At A Home On Martingale Square…

The Lineup For The Upcoming Election Is Now In Place. The Deadline To File Was Yesterday. In Washington County, Sheriff Ed Graybeal Is Running Unopposed. The County Mayor’s Race Includes,…

A Russell County Virginia Grand Jury Has Indicted The Former Town Manager Of Lebanon. 59 Year Old Michael Duty Is Charged With Embezzlement And Fraud. The Indictment Comes After An…

Johnson City Commissioners Had No Problems When It Came To Shutting Down Buffalo Valley Golf Course, But Now That Someone Is Interested In Purchasing The Course, They Seem To Be…

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Has Charged Three Of Six People In The Killing Of A North Carolina Man. James Combs, Michael May And Brittany Arnold Are Charged With First…

Three People Are Facing Charges After Allegedly Robbing A Woman In The Parking Lot Of A City Business. It Happened At Walmart On West Market Street. Ladarius Benson, James Bolds…

Washington County Tennessee Mayor Dan Eldridge Is Wanting The County Board Of Education To Make A Decision On The Future Of Jonesborough Elementary School. If School Leaders Don’t Decide On…

It’s Flu Shot Friday In Tennessee. The State Department Of Health Is Urging All Tennesseans Who Have Not Yet Received A Flu Shot, To Get One As Soon As Possible…

More Improvements Are Occurring At The Sullivan County Animal Shelter. The County Took Over The Facility After Terminating A Nearly Seven Year Interlocal Agreement After Officials Couldn’t Agree On Funding…

For The 17th Consecutive Year, Johnson City Has Received A Clean Audit With No Significant Deficiencies Reported. The City’s Overall Net Position Decreased By 151 Million Dollars. This Was Due…

The Kingsport Police Department Is Currently Accepting Applications For The Position Of Corrections Officer, Also Known As Jailer. Individuals 18 Years Of Age Or Older Who Are Interested In A…

Sad News For Southwest Virginia Race Fans. Lonesome Pine Raceway In Coeburn Virginia Will Not Reopen For The 2018 Season. Keith And Ervin Stiltner Have Leased The Track Since 2007.…

Stacey Pomrenke Is Winding Up Her Prison Sentence. She’s The Former Chief Financial Officer For Bristol Virginia Utilities In Bristol Virginia Who Was Convicted For Her Role In A Corruption…