A PROPOSAL TO BRING EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SERVICES TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY A KINGSPORT TENNESSEE BASED HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM WITHDREW ITS REQUEST FOR THE MEDEVAC SERVICE, WELLMONT ONE LAST WEEK. IT’S REQUEST HAD BEEN OPPOSED BY JOHNSON CITY BASED MOUNTAIN STATE HEALTH ALLIANCE WHO IS AFFILIATED WITH WINGS AIR RESCUE BASED IN KENTUCKY. WISE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR GLEN SKIP SKINNER SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED BY WELLMONT’S DECISION AND BELIEVES THE COUNTY HAS LOST AN EMERGENCY OPTION. WELLMONT’S DECISION TO WITHDRAW THE RESOLUTION IS UNKNOWN.