A disabled graduate student at the University of Virginia says he has had no choice but to take medical leave after the school retaliated against him for filing a discrimination complaint with the federal government.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Traffic on Interstate 81 was diverted Sunday night following a motor vehicle accident involving an overturned tractor trailer.
The Virginia Tech women's basketball team is one win away from the Final Four. But it surprisingly is Ohio State, not UConn, that stands in the Hokies' way.
Tyler Hughes plays the banjo and autoharp, calls square dances, co-directs Mountain Music School at Mountain Empire Community College, and — five years after he was first appointed — is still the youngest member of the Big Stone Gap town council.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Three Northeast State programs will host open houses next week at the Technical Education Complex on the Blountville campus.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Central Virginia members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now have a local temple to practice their faith with the opening of the Richmond Virginia Temple in Glen Allen, the first in the commonwealth.
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For the first time in school history, the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team has reached the Elite Eight.
On a day that was blustery as could be, John Battle High School’s baseball team earned a win by running like the wind.
Keith Helton won a big trophy and proved a point in Saturday’s season-opener at Kingsport Speedway.
The opening game of the 1959 TSSAA state baseball tournament featured a matchup between teams from completely opposite ends of the state – the Tennessee High Vikings from Bristol vs. the Christian Brothers Purple Wave from Memphis.They would meet in the middle in Nashville as part of the fou…
MARION, Va. — The town of Marion has begun removing long-standing eyesores as part of a program to address blighted property.
Along with guiding his Virginia High Bearcats boys soccer team to victory, VHS senior Patrick Poku has a goal for every match.“I try to leave something that people can remember me by – whether it’s scoring, passing or defense,” Poku said.
At this point, glowing adjectives have been exhausted when describing the transcendent talents of game-changing multi-sport standout Makayla Bays of Gate City High School.The junior virtuoso is that good.Whichever the sport.Whatever the season.
BRISTOL, Va. — Award-winning journalist and long-time Herald Courier reporter David McGee has been named the newspaper’s local news editor.
GRUNDY, Va. — Amanda Shafer has been named the new executive director of the Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce.
Two coaches who had previously taken the boys basketball programs at their respective schools to the top of the Hogoheegee District during their tenures have resigned their posts.Jeff Austin stepped down after 10 seasons leading the Holston Cavaliers, while Ryan Potts is done after four seas…
In a recent report the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that with a 4.6% increase, the Kingsport-Bristol Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had the second-highest increase in added jobs for 2022 in Tennessee, going from 117,600 to 123,000 jobs.
Instead of a fight, the administration opted for a corporate solution: a buyout of Jillian Balow.
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WISE, Va. — A grant of up to $50,000 for workforce development was recently finalized for the Napoleon Hill Foundation in Wise.
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Stephen Imholt, the Republican running against Del. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, in Tuesday's special election, says "there needs to be an option" for voters.
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