Bristol, Tennessee officials were tight-lipped Tuesday about the details of social media posts that recently resulted in reprimands for five officers in the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, including two captains and a lieutenant.
A teacher at Sullivan Central High School was recently notified that he would be suspended for three days without pay for “unprofessional behavior” on social media, according to school documents obtained by the Bristol Herald Courier.
Part 3 in our look at coaches' stipends focuses on the region's minority coaches and the labor of love that balances out long hours and hard work with often low pay.
Like toilet paper, hand sanitizer and disinfectants, alcohol appears to be one of the essential items many in the Mountain Empire have felt a need to stock up on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Sullivan County Board of Education members, the board’s attorney and the school system’s former and current directors spent a combined total of $19,715 to attend conferences in Nashville this year and in 2018.
Communities across Southwest Virginia are setting their sights on outdoor recreation, agriculture and broadband internet expansion as some of the ways former coal mining sites could be cleaned up and transformed for economic development opportunities.
Over the next week, we will deliver a special report titled “Critical Mass” that is the result of eight months of investigation and hard work by reporters, photographers and editors. Between today and next Sunday, we will feature 24 stories, dozens of photos, a number of colorful graphics, v…
Former Virginia Highlands Community College President Gene Couch claimed nearly $1,000 in inappropriate reimbursed expenses, a 2018 audit report shows.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Starting with 14 lots, Bristol Tennessee city staff members are working to sell unneeded city-owned properties and put them back on the tax rolls. According to a list of properties acquired by the Bristol Herald Courier through a records request, the city owns a total of 298 properties, some of which have been unused for years.
Record rainfall in 2018 and early 2019 not only caused flooding and property damage in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, it resulted in more potholes for local drivers to dodge this spring.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Two German military pilots died in 1976, when their supersonic jet crashed into the ridge of Holston Mountain in an often-forgotten tragedy likely only remembered by passersby on a gravel forest service road along the Carter and Sullivan county line in Tennessee.
The pilot who landed his plane on Interstate 81 on March 29 didn’t call 911, but he did call the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Control Tower at Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville.
Authorities failed to realize the magnitude of a growing, miles-long backup of traffic along Interstate 81 in December and instead focused on individual problem areas, according to a recently completed after-action report from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
A Bristol, Tennessee, man faces misdemeanor charges after authorities on the Virginia-West Virginia state line said he failed to move his vehicle over — injuring a Virginia Department of Transportation worker who ultimately lost both his legs.
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol, Tennessee, is seeking state funding to extend Pinnacle Parkway.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol Tennessee Essential Services is working to increase reliability for its customers through its vegetation management program.
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North Carolina’s Supreme Court has heard more arguments in the state’s recent divisive round of redistricting. Justices meeting in Edenton listened on Tuesday to lawyers speaking for advocacy groups and voters who filed lawsuits and won in court months ago. They still want alterations to the state House and Senate maps that were redrawn based on a landmark partisan gerrymandering ruling by the justices in February. Republican legislative leaders complained about the congressional map that, like the General Assembly boundaries, are being used in next month's elections. Changes would occur for the 2024 election cycle.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel, which runs between Nelson and Augusta counties, was recently recognized for its historic significance.
Paul Jarosh thought he had an entry for the Guinness World Book of Records, but another grower bested him by a pound and a half.
The political advertising agency behind Glenn Youngkin’s successful bid for Virginia governor, which created his branding and specializes in work for Republican candidates, received a $268,600 contract from a state agency to produce a tourism video that heavily features Youngkin himself.
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. – A Sullivan County Criminal Court judge determined during a nearly three-hour hearing Friday what photographs can be used in next year’s murder trial for defendant Megan Boswell.
Buchanan County officials have identified a body found on the bank of the Levisa River on Wednesday.
An Abingdon, Virginia woman wanted by authorities for her alleged role in the abduction of an adult male last week was arrested without incident Saturday, Sept. 17, by the Buchanan County Virginia Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Marshal Service.
Christopher Davis Crowder, age 31, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, was sentenced in the Wise County Circuit Court this past week after pleading guilty in November 2021 to multiple counts of indecent liberties with a minor and aggravated sexual battery.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol, Tennessee, is seeking state funding to extend Pinnacle Parkway.
Abingdon’s Town Council strengthened its policy on loitering at public places during Monday’s Town Council meeting.
Pickleball is booming, and Bristol, Tennessee, may be well on its way to becoming one of the region’s leaders in the sport.
The League of Women Voters of Washington County, Virginia is sponsoring two forums for town council candidates.