Month: August 2023

The Tennessee Department Of Transportation Will Halt All Lane Closure Activity On Interstates And State Highways For The Labor Day Holiday Travel Period. Tdot Spokesman Mark Nagi Says The Labor…

The Sullivan County Board Of Education Says The School System Has Been Designated A Top Learning Institution By The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System. Director, Chuck Carter Said The Level 5…

The Next Head Of The Virginia Prison System Is A Former Wise County Circuit Court Judge And Current Virginia Parole Board Chair. Chadwick Dotson Will Head The Department Of Corrections…

Carter County Is Receiving A Community Development Block Grant Of Over 220-Thousand Dollars. The Money Is Meant To Address The Continued Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic. The Grant Will Be…

A Student At Sullivan Central Middle School In Blountville Has Been Disciplined After Allegedly Making Oral Threats That Was Overheard By Fellow Students. School Administrators And The School Resource Officer…

An Investigation Into The Recent Disappearance Of A Seven Year Old Boy In Johnson County, Has Ended Without Any Charges Being Filed. The TBI Issued An Alert For Emmitt Mahala…

Virginia State Police Are Investigating A Fatal Crash In Wise County. It Happened Tuesday Afternoon On Route 23. A Lincoln MKX Was Traveling South When The Vehicle In Front Of…

Girls Incorporated Of Bristol Only Lacks 60-Thousand Dollars In Donations For A New Gym And Community Center. The Nearly 2-Million Dollar, 75-Hundred Square Foot Facility, Will Be Built Across From…

A Project To Rehabilitate Two Different Wise County Virginia Coal Sites Will Receive A Combined Total Of Over 4-Million Dollars In Grant Funding. The Virginia Department Of Energy’s Abandoned Mine…

The Marion Virginia Police Department Has Received An 83-Thousand Dollar Federal Grant From The U.S. Department Of Justice. The Money Will Be Used In Partnership With The Southwest Virginia Criminal…

School Bus Drivers Are Needed In Hawkins County. The District Is Currently 12 Drivers Short, Which Is The Result Of An Aging Driver Population, Economic Pressures, Training Backlogs, Frustrated Parents,…

Free Address Signs For Homes Are Being Offered To Wise County Virginia Residents In Rural And Heavily Forested Areas. The Initiative Is Being Funded By A 10-Thousand Dollar Virginia Department…

Ballad Health Officials Report That No One Was Injured In A Small Fire At Their Facility At Lonesome Pine Hospital In Big Stone Gap Virginia. It Did Not Occur In…

A Federal Judge In U.S. District Court In Abingdon Virginia Has Accepted A Consent Order That Would Finalize Litigation Between The Two Bristol’s. Senior Judge James Jones Found The Proposed…

The Government Finance Officers Association Of The United States And Canada Has Once Again Awarded The Tri-Cities Airport Authority The Certificate Of Achievement For Excellence In Financial Reporting. This Is…

The Tennessee Court Of Criminal Appeals Has Agreed With A Court Ruling Dismissing A Petition By One Of The Defendants Who Is Serving Time For The Murders Of A Family…

The Bristol Virginia City Council Has Rejected A Request To Rezone A 3-Acre Piece Of Land Next To The Bristol Casino. The Proposal Was To Rezone Land Along Grove Park…

A Former Travel Nurse At Ballad Health’s Johnson City Medical Center Will Be Spending Time Behind Bars After Admitting To Stealing Narcotics That Were Meant For Patients. Jacqueline Brewster Of…

Virginia State Police Have Released The Name Of A Motorcyclists Who Was Killed Over The Weekend In A Hit-And-Run Crash. He Is 25 Year Old Jacob Napier Of Harlan Kentucky.…

Washington County Tennessee Commissioners Have Given The Green Light For The County To Start Sending Out Property Tax Bills Sooner. The Statements Will Be Sent Out As Early As July…

Gas Prices In Tennessee Have Dropped Seven Cents Ahead Of The Labor Day Holiday. The Gas Price Average Is Now $3.40, Which Is Four Cents More Expensive Than A Month…