A resolution voicing support for the “Sullivan Baby Doe” lawsuit — and for the district attorney general leading it — won widespread support on its first reading from the Sullivan County Commission during a Thursday work session.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Families Thrive opened at Niswonger Children’s Hospital about four weeks ago and the CEOs of both organizations hope the collaboration will be the beginning of the end of neonatal abstinence syndrome in the region.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Johnson City resident Mike Christian hopes that the $100,000 he and his wife, Nancy, gifted to Niswonger Children’s Hospital on Tuesday will be the best investment they ever made.
Bristol Herald Courier readers said they were sad, angry and proud as they read this week’s “Addicted at Birth” series, which brought attention to neonatal abstinence syndrome, a growing problem in the Mountain Empire.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Babies of opioid-addicted women are no longer sentenced to endure the anguish of overcoming their mother’s mistakes, thanks in large part to the pioneering work of an East Tennessee physician.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Amanda Sims feared she would be arrested for using Suboxone during her pregnancy. So she skipped prenatal care.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Babies of opioid-addicted women are no longer sentenced to endure the anguish of overcoming their mother’s mistakes, thanks in large part to the pioneering work of an East Tennessee physician.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The addition of Sullivan County to the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area could result in funding and resources to assist with the region’s high percentage of drug-addicted babies.
We are on the cusp of an unprecedented population of drug addicts: babies. Our seven-month investigation into newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome concludes today with one salient fact: This isn’t going away.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Amanda Sims feared she would be arrested for using Suboxone during her pregnancy. So she skipped prenatal care.
A baby born in Sullivan County with neonatal abstinence syndrome is the face of the lawsuit filed by three Northeast Tennessee district attorneys general in June, which seeks to hold three drugmakers responsible for the opioid addiction crisis gripping the region.
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BRISTOL, Va. — This week Boy Scout troops from the Sequoyah Council, Boy Scouts of America, are participating in the 47th annual continuous campfire event in Bristol, Virginia.
ABINGDON, Va. — Emory & Henry College signed an agreement Tuesday to expand class offerings at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.
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Kentucky lawmakers have taken another step toward achieving a deeper cut in the state’s individual income tax rate. The measure sailed through a Senate committee Wednesday. The bill aims to lower the tax rate by another half-percentage point to 4%, effective Jan. 1, 2024. It follows up on last year’s work to reduce the iincome tax rate by a half-percentage point. Republicans are hoping to phase out individual income taxes in Kentucky. They say it will promote further economic gains and population growth. Detractors say the tax cuts will deprive the state of funds needed to bolster spending on priorities.
A dog was mistakenly euthanized after an error was entered into a computer system, according to a North Carolina shelter and the dog’s owner. Destiny Daniels’ 2-year-old dog, Kaos, entered a 10-day quarantine at Pitt County Animal Services on Sunday, Jan. 22, WITN reported. Daniels said her dog was in quarantine after biting someone, and she voluntarily opted to send him to quarantine at the ...
The Democratic-led Senate also denies confirmation of Health Commissioner Colin Greene and a Youngkin appointee to the Parole Board.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. — A man has been arrested on charges of murder and assault in Sullivan County.
TAZEWELL, Va. — A 2-year-old Tazewell County boy and his father are both dead following Friday incident that remains under investigation.
ABINGDON, Va. — A federal judge has scheduled a mediation session March 14 in an attempt to resolve the lawsuit between both Bristols over the Bristol Virginia landfill.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A Sullivan County grand jury this week indicted Donald Britt, 32, on a second count of first-degree murder.
The Democratic-led Senate also denies confirmation of Health Commissioner Colin Greene and a Youngkin appointee to the Parole Board.
O'Bannon, a Republican from Henrico County, was previously vice chairman. He succeeds former Del. Bob Brink, a Democrat from Arlington County, whose term expired on Jan. 31.
Spells of cold weather occasionally cover the James River with patchy ice, and extreme cold waves can freeze the river solid.