Second time lucky for 3rd District House hopeful Timothy Hill
Blountville businessman Timothy Hill's second attempt at winning Tennessee's 3rd House District GOP primary was successful Thursday. Hill defeated former Mountain City Mayor Kevin Parsons and Bluff...
View ArticleConkin stays on the bench in Kingsport court
BLOUNTVILLE -- Sullivan County's voters have decided to keep General Sessions Court Judge Ray Conkin on the bench in Kingsport. Conkin, a former Sullivan County commissioner, had been appointed in...
View ArticleSullivan BOE incumbents Ron Smith and Jim Kiss defeated
BLOUNTVILLE -- Sullivan County Board of Education candidates at a recent forum talked about whether the school board needed new blood or not. Voters Thursday decided each side was half right. Two...
View ArticleShull gets GOP nod in Sullivan Commission race
KINGSPORT — Republican delegates from the 11th Sullivan County Commission District have unanimously elected retired Army Col. Pat Shull, a former Kingsport alderman, as the party’s nominee for the Nov....
View ArticleNiceley to represent 8th District in Tenn. Senate
State Rep. Frank Niceley rode his fund-raising strength and name recognition to victory Thursday in Tennessee's newly renumbered 8th Senatorial District GOP primary. The Strawberry Plains Republican...
View ArticleKingsport BOE restores 2.5% raise for teachers
KINGSPORT — Kingsport teachers and other school system employees will get a full 2.5 percent raise thanks to the Sullivan County Commission’s property tax rate increase and the city school board. The...
View ArticleProperty line dispute leads Kingsport police to 13 pot plants
A police officer handling a property line dispute allegedly observed marijuana growing outside a 72-year-old man's Kingsport home on Thursday, leading to the seizure of 13 plants and 25 bags of seeds....
View ArticleCrash closes part of eastbound I-26
A tractor-trailer crash has closed one lane of Interstate 26 in Washington County. The crash happened just before noon near mile marker 11.4, according to the county 911 dispatch office. Read more at...
View ArticleMallicote says he hasn't ruled out contesting election results
KINGSPORT - Tennessee 2nd House District challenger Ben Mallicote said today he hasn’t ruled out contesting his narrow loss to incumbent state Rep. Tony Shipley in the GOP Primary by 11 votes.According...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorm warning issued for greater Tri-Cities region
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:IN EAST TENNESSEE: CARTER COUNTY, SULLIVAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY.THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:30 PM...
View ArticleBays Mountain Park to be closed Tuesday
KINGSPORT — Bays Mountain Park will be closed Tuesday due to road repairs. Future delays and closings due to the park’s road repairs will be posted as far in advance as possible on the park’s Web site...
View ArticleTraffic delays expected in Blountville
BLOUNTVILLE — Temporary traffic delays are expected this morning along sections of Blountville Boulevard and Highway 126 in Blountville Saturday. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is holding a 5K...
View ArticleMemorial Boulevard project won't affect graves, historic tavern
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tennessee’s transportation commissioner said Friday that a graveyard and historic tavern along State Route 126 (Memorial Boulevard) in Kingsport are off limits if and when the road...
View ArticleRamsey says Tennessee primaries may now be 'the race'
The general election still determines the ultimate winner, but Tennessee GOP Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey says political campaigns are getting to the point where primaries may be “the race.” “Before I got to be...
View ArticleCities, county seek dismissal of synthetic drug lawsuit
GREENEVILLE — Since the state of Tennessee passed legislation banning synthetic drugs, Kingsport, Bristol and Sullivan County say a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the local bans...
View ArticleProgram gives 10 Soutwest Virginia students introduction to information...
GATE CITY — Ten Southwest Virginia residents ages 16 to 20 have learned some basics of information technology, commonly called IT, over the past four weeks in Scott County. At least five of them stand...
View ArticleJohnson City woman working at Olympics
A Johnson City woman is getting a front seat view of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She has been in London since May, and has been helping to get the city prepared for this monumental event. Ava...
View ArticlePreventing suicide focus of conference
James Cea was in pain. He was in physical pain from the arthritis he had in his spine, and from years of auto body work. He was in emotional and spiritual pain from his recent relapse with alcohol...
View ArticleETSU doctoral candidate has three articles published in same week
Getting published in professional journals is nothing new in academia, but three different articles in three journals in the same week might be somewhat unusual. Still, it’s something East Tennessee...
View ArticleNominees sought for vacant seat on Hawkins County Commission
ROGERSVILLE -- Anyone interested in being placed on the Nov. 6 ballot to fill the District 2 Hawkins County Commission seat formerly held by Dustin Dean has until Aug. 16 to qualify -- either by party...
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