ABINGDON, Va. - Washington County’s Board of Supervisors is slated to consider funding for the Abingdon Fire Department at an upcoming meeting in Abingdon.
The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will finish voting on whether to join the union. The UAW’s ranks in the auto industry…
Zedan Racing Stables has appealed a Kentucky Circuit Court ruling that denied its request for a temporary injunction seeking to allow Bob Baffert-trained Arkansas Derby winner Muth to race in next month’s 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry on Thursda…
A senior-level Virginia Department of Education official has left her post to serve as Gov. Glenn Youngkin's special adviser to the CEO of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - The Sullivan County Commission voted Thursday to adopt a redevelopment plan and tax increment financing for a new dealership in Kingsport.
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Lawyers spent days quizzing dozens of New Yorkers to choose the panel that has vowed to put their personal views aside and impartially judge the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Lawyers spent days quizzing dozens of New Yorkers to choose the panel that has vowed to put their personal views aside and impartially judge the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
BIG STONE GAP, Va. – The Virginia Department of Energy received $1 million in funding that will establish the Virginia Energy Resilience program.
Marijuana advocates are gearing up for April 20. Known as 4/20, marijuana's high holiday on Saturday is often marked by large crowds gathering in parks, at festivals and on college campuses to smoke together. This year activists can reflect on how far the legalization movement has come. Medical marijuana is now legal in 38 states. Of those, 24 also allow recreational use. Additionally, the Biden administration has shown an openness to marijuana reform. Biden has pardoned thousands of people with federal “simple possession” convictions. The Department of Health and Human Services has recommended marijuana be reclassified as a lower-schedule drug, which would affirm its medical use under federal law.
States are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings, some expanding gun rights and some restricting them. “We live in two different Americas, in essence,” one scholar says.
A video of people pulling bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina has prompted an investigation, but a state official says no charges will be filed. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says staff responded to a report of people harassing bear cubs at an Asheville apartment complex on Tuesday. Staffers learned that the two cubs escaped after one bit a person. Officials say one cub was found later in a retention pond but the second wasn't found. In the video, people are not only seen pulling cubs from a tree, but one person poses for a photo while holding one of the wild animals, then drops the cub, who runs for a nearby fence.
Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia force a vote seeking his ouster. It will depend on his ability to deliver an emergency aid package focused on Ukraine and Israel.
Contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album “Overcomer,” has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville on Thursday. The cause of her death was not yet known. Mandisa gained stardom after finishing ninth on “American Idol” in 2006. In 2014, she won a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album for “Overcomer,” her fifth album. She spoke openly about her struggles with depression, releasing a memoir that detailed her experiences with severe depression, weight-related challenges, the coronavirus pandemic and her faith.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - The Sullivan County Commission voted Thursday to adopt a redevelopment plan and tax increment financing for a new dealership in Kingsport.
This week's local crime and court updates from Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
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A senior-level Virginia Department of Education official has left her post to serve as Gov. Glenn Youngkin's special adviser to the CEO of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority.
Officials in Virginia say a school bus struck a Department of Motor Vehicles building after swerving to avoid hitting a car, injuring two students and the bus driver.
In the 15 years between 2008 and 2022, 1,398 people died as a result of crashes involving motorcycles in Virginia — nearly 100 people per year.
The state Senate rejected Gov. Glenn Youngkin's amendments that would toughen state oversight of electronic skill games.
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A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Sullivan County deputies this week seized more than 42 pounds of Methamphetamine with a street value of $1.14 million.
ABINGDON, Va. - Washington County’s Board of Supervisors is slated to consider funding for the Abingdon Fire Department at an upcoming meeting in Abingdon.
A senior-level Virginia Department of Education official has left her post to serve as Gov. Glenn Youngkin's special adviser to the CEO of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - The Sullivan County Commission voted Thursday to adopt a redevelopment plan and tax increment financing for a new dealership in Kingsport.
BIG STONE GAP, Va. – The Virginia Department of Energy received $1 million in funding that will establish the Virginia Energy Resilience program.