Fern Valley Farm offers Pioneer Dinner

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Lynn Bauer and her husband Larry own Fern Valley Farm in Bristol, Va. They are preparing a special Pioneer Christmas Dinner at the farm with period dress and atmosphere.

Stone Crest development in Piney Flats

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Newly paved road and utility hook ups wait for new construction inside the Stone Crest Community development in Sullivan County, TN.

Girl's Inc. gets $11,000 from Miss Virginia USA

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Miss Virginia USA 2013 Shannon McAnally presented a check to Girls Inc. for $11,000 which was raised during the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageant held in Bristol earlier in November.

Mark Vance Memorial Service

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Karen Vance, mother of slain officer Mark Vance looks at a flag that was given to her at the memorial service on Tuesday in Bristol, TN. The flag was signed and flown in Afghanistan by a military police group and brought back to be given to her.

Black Friday Sunrise

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This sunrise on Friday, November 23, 2012 slowing is casting light on the morning frost in this cow pasture just outside Sullivan County, Tennessee. The winter weather is slowly making the morning temps. drop to the 20's and the daytime highs cooler.

Bully problem online is new to Adults but not Teens

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Abby Hobbs is a student at Virginia High School and has seen the growing trend of people being bullied online and in the school.

United Way Supports Senior Shoppers

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Charlotte Fleenor, left, talks with Julie Drake with the RSVP Senior program after getting her weekly grocery list filled by the group. Drake and several volunteers provide grocery shopping for homebound people every week.

Black Friday at the Bristol Mall

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Manisha Carver from Meadowview, VA. talks about her shopping system while taking a break in the plan at the Bristol Mall on Black Friday while her family and friends eat some breakfast at Chick-fil-a. This break was at 8 am and that was still after hitting all the stores in the mall as seen with her loaded shopping cart.

Black Music Friday

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Peter Wallace and Danielle Nix look through the vinyl offerings at Sessions 27 in Downtown Bristol, Va on Friday. There was a national movement to make music lovers aware of buying music during Black Friday shopping.

30th. Christmas Craft show at Viking Hall

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Hand painted/Hand carved santa's at the 30th. Country Craft and Gift Show at Viking Hall in Bristol, TN. on Friday by Sandy Goff and her husband Ray.

Christmas Time is comin''

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Rebecca Crusenberry plugs in and checks Frosty and a teddybear blow up as part of her christmas decorations on Wednesday, November 21 at her house on Norway Street in Bristol, Va.

Music Museum moving to Downtown Bristol

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Tim White, left, and Allen Hurley talk about the plans for the new location for the Mountain Music Museum in Downtown Bristol. The current location is at the Bristol Mall. The new location will provide space for a radio station and the Pickin Porch.

St. Anne School candy idea comes true

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St. Anne's school students sort candy to rebag Halloween Candy into smaller bags for giveaway's during Thanksgiving dinner at the Salvation Army.

Bristol Open House kicks off Christmas Shopping

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Peyton Sturgill,4, wears his Elf in Training hat and shirt as he meets Santa during the Downtown Bristol Open House on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

MethLab found in Bristol Tennessee Mobile Home

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Members of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept. spent Monday with a Meth Lab in two mobile homes on Anderson Street in Bristol, TN.

Whittemore Signs with Air Force

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Morgan Whittemore signed with the Air Force Academy on Monday at Virginia High School. Whittemore plays basketball for the Bearcats.

Miss Virginia Teen USA 2013 crowned in Bristol

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Caelynn Miller Keyes reacts as she is crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA 2013 by Elizabeth Coakley, Miss Virginia Teen USA 2012, on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 in Bristol, Virginia. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk)

Miss Virginia USA 2013 crowned in Bristol

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Shannon McAnally holds the keys to a new car after being crowned Miss Virginia USA 2013 on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 in Bristol, Va. Miss Virginia USA 2012 Catherine Muldoon is to right of photo. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk)

Merle Tribute in Bristol

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Eugene Jones, left, and Cherylonda Fitzgerald are part of the Paramount Chamber Players and they provided the opening number during the Tribute To Merle Warren Dickert on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2012

Some of the last color in Bristol

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Some fall colors are still hanging on at Steele Creek Park, November, 14, 2012.