Month: December 2018

A Sullivan County Grand Jury Has Indicted A Sullivan County Man Accused Of Having Inappropriate Contact With A 13-Year Old Child. 50 Year Old Bruce Johnston Faces Six Counts Of…

Virginia State Police Are Investigating A Fatal Crash In Tazewell County. 38 Year Old Skyler Johnson Of Cedar Bluff Virginia Ran Off The Highway Struck An Embankment Causing The Vehicle…

Hawkins And Sullivan Counties Are The First In Northeast Tennessee To Achieve Work Ready Community Certification. This Is Provided Through The Act National Career Readiness Certification Program. Only 14 Counties…

More Than Three Dozen Organizations Have Received A Total Of 16-Million Dollars From The United Company. A Large Portion Was Given During The Annual Christmas Breakfast. The Foundation Was Created…

A Man Is Being Held In The Hawkins County Jail After Allegedly Raping Two Children Under The Age Of Ten. 33 Year Old Jeremiah Long From Bean Station Was Being…

A Washington County Virginia Man Is Charged With Aggravated Malicious Wounding And Abduction Following An Incident In Damascus. 34 Year Old Chadwick Staten Allegedly Stabbed A Victim Multiple Times In…

Strategen Consulting Has Been Chosen To Handle A Review And Make Recommendations For Ways To Upgrade Energy Storage, Which Could Give New Life To Abandoned Mines In Southwest Virginia. The…

Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable And Washington County Tn Mayor Joe Grandy Have Appointed A Blue Ribbon Committee On Regional Cooperation To Consider Potential Regional Economic Development Strategies In Addition…

Testimony Continues In A Dispute Between Wellmont Health System And Over A Thousand Doctors After Attorneys After A Failed Attempt By Attorneys At Mediation. The Class Action Suit Claims Wellmont…

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Is Proposing To Give Teachers A 5 Percent Pay Boost Next Year. The Governor Outlined Parts Of His Upcoming State Budget Proposal This Week That Would…

The Washington County Virginia Board Of Supervisors Has Approve A Resolution That Supports Whatever Voters In Bristol Virginia Decide On A Proposed Casino At The Former Bristol Mall. A 250…

The Results Are In For A 10-Month Long 156-Thousand Dollar Passenger Rail Feasibility Study For Bristol Virginia. It Showed 96-Thousand Riders Could Potentially Take Advantage Of Amtrak Service If Extended…

The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Is Searching For A Man Accused Of Shooting A Handgun At A Woman. 55 Year Old William Carter Is Wanted On A Charge Of Attempted…

Bristol Virginia Leaders Have Posted An Online Survey Regarding The City’s Bristol 2040 Visioning Process. The Chamber Of Commerce Has Been Collecting Input From The Public Over The Past Eight…

Several Groups In Southwest Virginia Have Received Funding Through The U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services For Head Start Programs. Among The Recipients Are Lee County Public Schools, Buchanan…

A Coeburn Virginia Man Who Was Charged With Attempting To Hire A Hitman To Kill Two People Has Had His Charges Reduced. 37 Year Old Thomas Perry Pleaded Guilty To…

Some Residents Of The Tri-Cities Felt The Ground Move Early This Morning. A 4.4 Earthquake Struck Athens Tennessee Southwest Of Knoxville. A Second Quake Registering 3.3 Hit Shortly After In…

Bristol Virginia Police Have Arrested A Person Of Interest In The Fatal Shooting This Past Weekend At An Apartment Complex In The City. The Person Has Not Been Identified And…

Mayors From Sullivan And Washington Counties Are Moving Forward With Plans To Unify. This Is An Indication Of A Change In Economic Development Strategy. The Committee Will Be Comprised Of…

Three Washington County Virginia People Face Child Abuse/Neglect And Drug Charges. 55 Year Old Toni Johnson And 41 Year Old Melissa Johnson Are Charged With Possession Of Methamphetamine With Intent…

Bristol Tennessee And Virginia Leaders Got A Chance To Hear Why Ballad Health Plans To Reduce Bristol Regional Medical Center’s Trauma Center From A Level Ii To A Level Iii.…

A Sullivan County Couple Who Are Charged With Killing A Man In A Bristol Tennessee Parking Lot Appeared In Court. Michael And Ashley Strouth Are Free On Bond And Have…