BRISTOL VIRGINIA TRYING TO FIND LANDFILL OPERATOR
Bristol Virginia Leaders Are Trying To Find Someone To Take Over Operations Of The City’s Landfill. A Request For Proposals Has Been Advertised. The Cost-Saving Move Comes After Receiving Dismal…
VOTE DELAYED ON PURCHASE OF JOHN SEVIER BUILDING
Washington County Tennessee Leaders Have Delayed A Vote On Purchasing The John Sevier Center. The Johnson City Development Authority Decided To Allow More Time For County Commissioners To Discuss The…
CAR DRIVES THROUGH FRONT OF BLOUNTVILLE BUSINESS
A Blountville Business Suffered Damage After A Car Drove Through The Front Of The Building. It Happened Last Night At The Dominoes Pizza On Highway 394. No Injuries Were Reported.…
ETSU GET FEDERAL GRANT MONEY FOR S.A.N.E. NURSES
East Tennessee State University Has Been Awarded 1.4 Million Dollars In Federal Grant Funding. The Money Will Be Used To Train More Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners For Rural Areas. The…
CASINO REFERENDUM PUSHED TO 2020
The Proposed Casino In Bristol Virginia Has Been Dealt A Setback. A Referendum Vote On Casinos In The State Won’t Happen This Year Due To The Senate Finance Committee Sending…
WISE COUNTY VA TRIAL TO GET UNDERWAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING CO-WORKER
Trial Is Underway In Wise County Virginia Circuit Court For A Dante Virginia Man Accused Of Killing His Former Brother-In-Law And Co-Worker At A St. Paul Virginia Business Last Year.…
JURY SEATED IN PITTS TRIAL
A Jury Has Been Seated In A Washington County Tennessee Attempted Murder Trial. 40 Year Old Kelly Pitts Of North Carolina Is Accused Of Trying To Kill Several Carter County…
UNICOI COUNTY KEEPS MEDICONE AMBULANCE SERVICE
Unicoi County Leaders Have Decided To Have Medicone Provide Ambulance Service To The County For Four More Years Despite Complaints About Slow Response Times. The Ambulance Company Was The Only…
GROUP HOME FOSTER TEENS ACCUSED OF HAVING STOLEN GUNS
Three Greene County Group Home Teenagers Accused Of Having Guns In Their Possession Are Behind Bars. The Teens Were Living At Free Will Baptist Family Ministries But Allegedly Hid The…
AMERICORE USED LEE COUNTY HOSPITAL AS LOAN COLLATERAL
Pennington Gap Virginia Leaders Are Going To Have A Harder Time Cutting Ties With Americore Over The Lee County Hospital Than Originally Thought. Americore Did Some Renovations To The Building…
WARMING SHELTERS OPEN IN KINGSPORT & GREENEVILLE
Warming Shelters Are Being Opened In Greeneville And Kingsport. The Opportunity House In Greeneville On North Irish Street And Shades Of Grace On E Sullivan Street In Kingsport Will Both…
WEBER CITY VIRGINIA POLICE WARN OF POSSIBLE KKK RECRUITMENT
Weber City Virginia Police Are Warning Residents About A Possible Klu Klux Klan Recruitment Effort. Numerous Plastic Zip Lock Bags Have Been Left At People’s Driveways Or Mailboxes With A…
COUNTERFEIT MONEY USED IN BRISTOL
Bristol Tennessee Police Need Your Help Identifying Two People Accused Of Using Counterfeit Money At The Pinnacle Shopping Center. The Fake Bills Were Used January 25Th. The Suspects Include A…
TWO PARTIES VIE TO OPERATE LEE HOSPITAL
Two Groups Have Now Expressed Interest In Reopening The Lee County Virginia Hospital. Those Include Ballad Health As Well As Juno Medical, A Pennington Gap Based Company. The Lee County…
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO START SEARCH
The Sullivan County Board Of Education Will Start Searching For A New Director Of Schools. This Comes After Current School Leaders Evelyn Rafalowski Announced Last Week That She Will Be…
PHARMACY COLLEGE SIGNS SECOND DUAL AGREEMENT
A Second Dual Degree Agreement Has Been Signed By The Appalachian College Of Pharmacy. The University Of Virginia’s Collage At Wise Agreed To A Plan To Allow Students To Complete…
GREENEVILLE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP SLIGHTLY
The Tennessee Department Of Labor And Workforce Development Shows Greeneville’s Unemployment Rate Increased In December. The Rate Stood At 4.4 Percent, Up Four Tenths Of A Percent From November. The…
FOOD CITY TO PRESENT CHECK FROM PET HUNGER DRIVE
The Sullivan County Animal Shelter Will Be Getting A Check From Food City From The Recent Pet Hunger Drive. A Grand Prize Winner Was Chosen To Receive A 500 Dollar…
BRISTOL TENNESSEE DISTILLERY RECEIVES GRANT
A New Distillery In Bristol Tennessee Has Received A 30-Thousand Dollar Grant From The Tennessee Department Of Agriculture. Lost State Distilling Will Use Locally Produced Grain. The Business Will Produce…
BRIGHTRIDGE PURCHASE COULD SHIFT REVENUE FROM ELIZABETHTON
Annual Revenue Will Reportedly Diminish If Brightridge Purchases Elizabethton Electric. According To A Study, Just Over One-Million Dollars In Payment-In-Lieu Of Taxes Would Be Redirected To The City Of Johnson…
FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER WORKING FOR SULLIVAN NETWORKS
A Past Developer Of The Hawkins County Phipps Bend Industrial Park Will Be Working Part Time For Networks Sullivan Partnership. Ronnie Price Starts His New Job On February 1St Providing…
KINGSPORT TRANSIT TO MOVE INTO NEW LOCATION SOON
The Kingsport Area Transit Service, Known As KATS Is Close To Opening It’s New Transit Center. It’s Expected To Be Up And Running Sometime In April At The Corner Of…