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Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, boosting the UAW's nationwide effort to organize nonunion factories. The union wound up getting 73% of the ballots cast in an election run by the National…
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning in North Carolina as he juggles legal troubles and his rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump’s evening stop in the coastal city of Wilmington on Saturday marks his first rally since his criminal hush money trial began this week with jury sele…
Record Store Day celebrates independent retail music sellers who have endured long after megastores like Tower Records closed. The holiday invented at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees in 2007 will be observed Saturday. Each establishment celebrates in its own way.…
I remember “Ramblin’ Man” on the radio. What a year for Southern rock in 1973. And what a year for Richard “Dickey” Betts, who died Thursday at age 80.
With the feel of a class reunion or paging through your high school annual, this book will appeal to readers who can still quote "The Blues Brothers" movie or its songs.
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. Medi…
Tennessee Volkswagen employees vote to join United Auto Workers union, boosting its drive to organize nonunion plants.
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.
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.
The Utterly Moderate Podcast looks at the prevalence of ideological bias in social sciences, leading to misleading information in public discourse.
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.
With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says he'll keep his promise to call a special legislative session this summer to push lawmakers to find a fix for soaring property taxes. Pillen said Thursday on the last day of this year's regular session that he “will call as many sessions as it takes." The bill introduced at his request would have raised the state’s sales tax to 6.5%. It also would have expanded the number of goods and services taxed to items like candy, soda and digital advertising. The bill was pulled for a lack of support before a final vote could be taken.
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Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
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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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.
VDOT reminds motorists that orange warning cones, barrels and signs are in place for the safety of both the motorists who drive through the work zone and those laboring there.