Bristol Tennessee Fire Fighter

Lt. Lauren Root is with the Bristol, Tennessee Fire Department.  Root became a firefighter at age 19 and has worked her way to Lt.

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Open House at Bristol Motor Speedway

Austin Morris, Greeneville, TN. throws a football into the UT cutout for the upcoming VT vs UT football game at the Bristol Motor Speedway.  Morris was there during the Open House on Saturday.





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Easter Egg Hunt in Bristol Tennessee

Jayelah Daugherty,5, takes off into the field to collect eggs while wearing her bunny ears during the Easter Egg Hunt at the Twin City Drive In sponsored Crosspointe Church on Saturday.





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New Teen Library section to be built

Teen Librarian Pam Neal talks about the new area for Teens that will be built at the Bristol Public Library.  Several racks of books will be combined and the Adult Learning Center will be moved upstairs to make room for the Teens.

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Michaels opens in PInnacle

Kassidy Younce, left, Framing Manager, works with Kaley Mee, center, and Becca Moore in the custom framing area of the new Michaels at the Pinnacle.  Younce was showing the procedures for measuring and putting the information in the computerized layout system.

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Honor Guard dedicates American Flag to new Hilton Garden Inn

VFW Post 6975 Patton-Crosswhite, Bristol VA-TN Color Guard members Tommy Porter, Butch Rhymer and David Horwell install the American Flag on the pole outside the new Hilton Garden Inn in Bristol, Virginia on Wednesday.  The Post raised the colors to the playing of Call to Colors and then a gun salute.  The ribbon cutting ceremony is to be held on Thursday at 11:00 am.





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Miss Tennessee Hayley Lewis visits Elizabethton and Carter County Schools

Hayley Lewis, Miss Tennessee, visited several schools in Elizabethton, Tennessee on Tuesday.  Students heard a program about character, respect and anti-bullying.  In addition, the students were treated to an interactive song with students and Miss Tennessee.

King Softball

Amanda Sports plays softball for King University as a freshman.  She is from North Carolina.

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Another Allison behind the Wheel at Kingsport Speedway opening day

Driver Robbie Allison talks to owner Duke Bare as he prepares to race at the Kingsport Speedway on Saturday during Opening Day.









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Keeping AP Photographer Harvey Georges career in View

Diannah Pennington talked about her father Associated Press photographer Harvey Georges during a lecture on Saturday in the Hayters Gap Library.  Pennington brought examples of Georges work and also the cameras that he used to photograph presidents from Harry Truman to Jimmy Carter and other events in the Washington DC area.  The photo shown is Harry Truman and his wife in a photo they used for 1946 Christmas card.







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Team Beech Ski Team Kids

Lee Byington, left, and Dawson Willis both ski for Team Beech.

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Bristol Virginia Begins Budget process

Bristol Virginia School Superintendent Rex Gearheart discusses the school budget with Bristol, Virginia City Council.

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Students looking for Salamanders at South Holston Dam

Jacob Davenport, left, searches with a RFID detector on the ground at the edge of the woods around South Holston Dam on Thursday for salamanders who have been tagged by the biology classes at Virginia Highlands Community College over the years.  TVA has given $25,000 to the school to track breeding and migration of the animals.

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Emory and Henry Softball gets makeover

Emory and Henry #20 Taylor Doss celebrates her two run homerun on Wednesday against Greensboro in Softball.

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Birthplace of Country Music Museum opens new display

Thomas Richardson , Curator of Education and Outreach, listens to records inside the new display New Harmonies at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.  Visitors can listen to records from several styles of music inside the new display.





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Boone Lake Impact

Boone Lake Marina has several of its floating docks laying on the mud as a result of the TVA lowering Boone Lake for Dam  Repair.  The Marina does have three floating covered docks usable and still has gasoline pumps that are still working.





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Junior League helping build Free Little Libraries.

Jake Dixon, 3, looks at some of the books inside the Little Free Library sponsored by the Junior League of VA-TN attached to the YMCA.  The books are free to take and read and bring back.  There are several locations around Bristol that the small libraries have been located.

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Ice and Snow last week, Rain this week, Spring coming in next week!!

These two rain drops cling to a dogwood tree along Euclid Ave. in Bristol, Virginia on Friday.  Just one week ago they would have been ice as the storm came through the TriCity area.

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Marshalls opens in Pinnacle

Marshalls Store Manager Nancy Batchelor presented a $5000 donation to Teresa McMahan with Friends of Tennessee Babies with Special Needs.  The money will go to babies who need hearing aids in the early stages of life.

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Sullivan Central teaches Personal Finance classes

Tiffany Goforth, marketing director United Southeast Federal Credit Union, talks to students in the Sullivan Central High School personal finance about the Banzai online finance program.  The students log on and take tests about finance knowledge and play out real life  scenarios about money and budgeting.

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