Rainbow family cleaning up forest

BHC 0731 RainbowCleanup 07, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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"Tigger" points out the area in this meadow that was part of the entertainment are during the Rainbow Family gathering over the past month. He is heading up the clean up team for the forest area used during event. Grass is already taking hold again of the area.

Rhinehart Artwork on Display

BHC 0723 FOLKSRhinehart 01, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Dalton Rhinehart is a recent graduate from Virginia High School and has some of his artwork chosen to hang in Washington DC after entering a judged show recently.

Highlands Festival Crafts

BHC 0729 Highlands 05, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Silk thread is used to make these lifelike images of Koi fish. Several layers are used to make the image 3 dimensional and colorful. Each piece of work takes anywhere from couple of day to months for Ying Hui Guo to complete.

Monster in the house at BMS

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The Equalizer monster truck flies over the finish line as the War Wizard gets ready cross the line at the Bristol Motor Speedway during the Monster Truck Show on Saturday.

NHRA Jr. Drags in town

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17 yr. old Bailey McCorkle sports her lucky glasses from under her helmet and is from Indiana and is racing this weekend in Bristol at the NHRA jr. drags.

Hollywood comes to Bristol

BHC 0728 MoviePremiere 07, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Jennifer Lyons pause on the red carpet during the Hollywood comes to Bristol Movie Premiere showing of Return of the Killer Shrews.

Hollywood comes to Bristol

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Local actor David Browning and his wife Patty greet Daytime Tricities Morgan King and Amy Lynn during the Hollywood comes to Bristol Movie Premiere showing of Return of the Killer Shrews.

City holds meeting for displaced residents and businesses

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Bristol Virginia City Manager Dewey Cashwell talks to residents of a moble home park that the city has planned to be used in a large scale shopping center. Cashwell held the meeting to explain to the residents their options on moving and what the city can do to ease their relocation.

Wooden Spoon Guy sets up for Highlands Festival

BHC 0727 Highlands Prep 01, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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David Spangler unpacks his van and moves into his tent at the Highlands Festival in Abingdon, Va. on Thursday. Spangler is known as the wooden spool guy uses the festival as his first one of the season after spending 7 months building up inventory of spoons, etc. made out of maple, oak, cherry, and other hardwoods. He is from Floyd, Va.

Shopping development will displace businesses

BHC 0727 LeeHwyDevelpment 01, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Doggy Stylez Pet Salon owner Janna Hahn works on Lilly in her store in Lee Highway Plaza on Thursday. Bristol Virginia City wants to develop the area her store is part off and this will cause her to move her business.

Car and Van collide on Parkway

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This accident was located on the Volunteer parkway just down from the Avoca Branch of the Bristol Public Library on Wednesday morning. The red car and a minivan were involved. Bristol Tennessee Fire Dept and police responede to the accident. The driver of the minivan was transported.

Storm damage to Bristol home.

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Trilla Childress talks to her son on the phone while holding her dog Alexis with her home behind that was pierced by a tree early Wednesday morning. The tree went through the roof of their bedroom.

Tree falls on Bristol home during storm

BHC 0726 StormDamage 05, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Joe Childress (right) rests after replacing tarps on the roof of his home that was pierced by a tree early Wednesday morning. The tree went through the roof of his bedroom. The family, Joe, Trilla and dog, Alexis were not injured.

Baptist Church objects to rezoning by City Council

BHC 0725 CityCouncil 02, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Pastor Todd Crusenberry (Community Baptist Church) speaks to the Bristol Virginia Planning Commission about the property near the site of their property along King Mill Pike and Valley Drive during a meeting on Tuesday. Many members of his church attended the City Council meeting as seen in photo. City Council approved the project on first reading.

Local comes back to work in Bristol

BHC 0721 HealingDentist 01, a photo by Neikirk Image on Flickr.

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Joshua O’ Dell is the new dentist at Healing Hands in Bristol, TN.

Mining ups and downs in region

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Miners Charles Barnette, left, and Lee Kegley talk about the OSAKA Mine that they are working at. The mine has been idle since Dec 2011 and is located outside Appalachia, Va.

4 wheelin in Bristol

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Emily and Nathan Brown ride a wheelie on their Christmas 4 wheeler at their grandparents house on Hill Street in Bristol, Tn. Emily,10 loves to drive but sometimes lets her brother Nathan,7, drive some.

RAM in Wise 2012

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Rena Snider,14, takes video of her friend Ariel Staley,14 while in the middle of a root canal in the Dental area of the Remote Area Medical clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds on Friday.

His vision started it all.

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Remote Area Medical founder Stan Brock talks about the beginning of the clinics that he started and the hurdles he faces everytime that he wants to plan any clinic in the United States as the Wise RAM goes on in the background below him.

Remote Area Medical up and running in Wise

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Jonathan Dockery from Nicklesville, Va., received dental work from Dr. Cynthia Southern, center, Sheree Madison, right, and Dental student Katlyn Warriner at the Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise Va. on Friday.