News Staff What once was a dream in 2011, will soon be a reality as he $25 million project to build a new intermediate school in Bristol, Virginia is well underway. It’s been one year since school leaders celebrated plans for a new intermediate school.When complete, Highland View, Washington-Lee and Stonewall Jackson elementary schools will be consolidated … Read more
Rep. John Holsclaw (R-Elizabethton), has sponsored a bill helping underserved areas that Governor Bill Lee has signed. It’s family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize rural health care.The program will provide up to $40,000 per year in grants to residents who commit five years to providing medical services in areas of Tennessee that … Read more
Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate held steady at 3.3% in May, according to the latest data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. That number is unchanged from the state’s unemployment rate in April.While the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate did not change in the month-to-month comparison, it was just 0.1 of a percentage point higher … Read more
The Town of Greeneville Public Works Department is temporarily removing recycling receptacles for plastic items from all five locations across Greeneville and doesn’t have a timeline to replace them.The company that accepts plastic recycling from the Town of Greeneville cannot accept material at this time due to mechanical failure of equipment, according to a news … Read more
As part of the Regional Fast Charge Network, a new electric vehicle charging station is now open at the Pinnacle Shopping Center in Bristol.The four Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers were unveiled during a ribbon cutting Thursday morning. The network covers major travel corridors across TVA’s seven-state service area, and complements the broader effort of the … Read more
With 6 state-of-the-art surgical suites, along with a high-tech robotic surgical system a new center for advanced bone and joint surgery was unveiled in Kingsport this week.An open house to see the facility, which is more than 23,000 thousand square feet in size, took place at Watauga Orthopedics in Kingsport.Officials said it is the region’s … Read more
A 2023-24 fiscal year Greene County 911 Dispatch budget is now approved by the 911 board of directors.The spending plan projects a $4,589 surplus and holds the line on costs, 911 Director Jerry Bird told directors.The budget includes revenues totaling $2,159,576.Total operating expenses are $2,154,987, including salaries, wages, employee benefits and maintenance costs.The 2023-24 fiscal … Read more
This is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office is among the agencies warning citizens on the dangers of financial scams.”Senior citizens are among scammers’ most common targets,” says Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.Miyares says cases have increased by criminals looking to scam Virginians out of their hard earned money — … Read more
A German-headquartered plastics company that supplies Washington County Industrial Park’s specialized material will bring at least three dozen jobs to Johnson City, most of them by the first half of 2024. PVS Plastics Technology Corp. CEO Rich Tursic told news outlets that PVS, founded in Niedernhall, Germany in 1976, has operated in Huber Heights, Ohio … Read more
The Sullivan County mother 42 yealr dol Ashley Brown of a teen who was killed in 2022 was arrested after allegedly trying to pay someone to kill a witness to her son’s murder.A release from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) states that investigators met with an informant Wednesday night about the alleged plot. Investigators … Read more