Award Winning Photography 2017

1st. Place Feature Photo - Virginia Press Association Awards 2016

 This Coopers Hawk was spotted using a concrete turtle as a roost during the warm sunny Wednesday in Bristol, Tennessee just off the Blountville Highway.



2nd. Place Feature Photo - Virginia Press Association Awards 2016

Eion Long, 9, gets his hair cut by Calvin Cox during the 31st. Annual A Day in the Park on Saturday.



3rd. Place Sports Feature - Virginia Press Association 2016

Bristol Pirate Alexis Bastardo signs a baseball for a fan during Pirate Fest on Wednesday.  The first home game is Sunday, June 26.





1st. Place Sports photo - Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media Editors Awards 2016

Sullivan East #44 Jake Crumley jumps over Seymour #3 Naaman Webb during the game on Friday.  The play was called back.



1st. Place Midwest Region – July 2016 – Feature/Single National Press Photographers Association

2nd. Place Feature - Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media Editors 2016

Eugene Williams was the winner of the watermelon eating contest during the Celebrate Bristol Fouth of July celebration on Monday.



3rd. Place Spot News Photo - Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media Editors Awards 2016

Logs are scattered along I81 North on Thursday after a log truck lost its load.  The interstate was closed for some time as the logs were moved off the road and the truck was righted and moved.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

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