Month: April 2022

Sullivan County Leaders Are Reviewing The County’s Real Estate Tax Rate. Keeping The Current Property Tax Rate At $2.40 Per $100 Of Assessed Value Is Expected To Generate Just Over…

Washington County Virginia Leaders Will Meet Tonight To Discuss How To Handle A 9-Million Dollar Cost Overrun For The County Courthouse Expansion Project In Abingdon. The Shortfall Is Being Caused…

The Landfill In Carter County Is Quickly Getting Full And County Leaders Are Seeking Advice From The Outside On What Their Next Steps Will Be. Currently, The Site Is Running…

Bristol Virginia Police Executed A Search Warrant At A Home On Norfolk Avenue And Located Drugs And Firearms. 47 Year Old Robert Hockett Is Charged With Possession With Intent To…

The Tennessee Department Of Health Is Reporting A Slight Increase In Covid-19 Cases In Northeast Tennessee The Past Seven Days, But Remained Below What It Was A Month Ago. The…

Testimony Will Resume This Morning In The Trial Of A Bristol Virginia Police Officer Accused Of Murder. Jonathan Brown Is Also Charged With Use Of A Firearm In The Commission…

A Former Travel Nurse For Ballad Health Has Turned Herself In To The Washington County Tennessee Detention Center. Jacqueline Brewster Is Facing Four Counts Of Obtaining Narcotics By Fraud In…

A Marion Man Who Pled Guilty To Using Snapchat To Order Fentanyl Laced Pills From California Has Been Sentenced. 19 Year Old Kobe Malik Woods Is Sentenced To 42 Months…

Appalachian School Of Law Students Will Soon Be Able To Participate In A New Externship Program That Allows Them To Work On Criminal Appeals Cases In The Commonwealth. Attorney General…

Unicoi Police Chief Andy Slagle Has Resigned. He Has Stepped Down To Accept A Position With The Erwin Police Department. Slagle Was Hired As Chief Back In 2019. Investigator Jay…

The South Fork Utility District In Bristol, Tennessee Could Be Merging With A Neighboring Utility District. This Comes Following An Investigative Report From The Tennessee Comptroller Of The Treasury, Which…

Delegates Of The Virginia House Finance Committee Have Advanced A Proposal By Governor Glenn Youngkin To Suspend The State’s 26-Cent Gas Tax For Three Months. The Measure Is Supported By…

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine Made A Stop In Hurley Virginia This Week To Talk To Residents Who Lost Their Homes During Flooding Last August. Fema Denied An Earlier Emergency Designation…

The Kingsport Board Of Education Is Now Faced With What’s Next Concerning The Renovation Of The Old Sullivan North High School Being Converted Into A New Sevier Middle School. There…

Johnson City Police Are Looking For Two People Believed To Be Involved In Three Separate Shootings In The City. The First One Happened On Pardee Street Early Yesterday Morning. Two…

Ballad Health Is Ending Its Covid-19 Response Team And Most Pandemic-Related Policies. Just 28 People Are Hospitalized With The Virus And No New Covid Patients Were Admitted On Monday. Ballad…

Bristol Motor Speedway Officials Have Confirmed The 2023 Spring Race Will Not Only Be On A Dirt Surface, It Will Also Be A Night Race. The Dates For Next Year’S…

A Castlewood Woman Has Pled Guilty To Second Degree Murder In A 2020 Shooting. 65 Year Old Brenda Jane Hicks Pled Guilty To The Fatal Shooting In Front Of A…

The Tri-Cities Airport Announced Today That Air Travelers Will No Longer Be Required To Wear A Mask. A Federal Judge Voided The National Mask Mandate For Public Transportation On Monday.…

A Virginia Man Accused Of A New York Murder Has Made An Appearance In Court. 40 Year Old Jacob Klein Told Virginia District Court Officials He Doesn’T Plan To Fight…

The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Has Announced A New Addition To Its Intensive Care Unit. The Medical Center Added 11 Thousand Square Feet To Building 200 On The…

Johnson City Police Are Investigating A Shooting That Occurred In The Legion Street King Springs Area. It Happened This Morning Around 6:30 am. Circumstances Surrounding The Incident Remain Unclear At…