Abingdon vs Wise Central Football

Abingdon #20 Caleb Farris catches the ball for a touchdown as Wise Central #3 Skyler Large attempts to block but comes up short at the end of the first half in Abingdon, Virginia.

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High Point Elementary School VDOT paint a plow

High Point Elementary 4th. graders, Ansleigh, Ryan, Olivia, Carter and Reece are shown with new snow plow design they painted for VDOT.  Art Teacher Steven Cregger from High Point Elementary painted a plow for VDOT before last snow season as part of a “pilot” program for VDOT Bristol prior to VDOT expanding the activity statewide this year.  There are approximately 25 schools participating this year in VDOT’s 12-county Bristol district, including High Point Elementary (Washington County), Duffield Primary (Scott County), and the majority of elementary schools in Russell and Tazewell counties. The Paint-a-Plow activity brings plows, plow drivers and schools together to produce works of art for use during snow removal operations. VDOT gets the plows out to schools in late August/early September and picks them up in late September/early October. VDOT hopes to expand the program further in 2018.  Union High School was the only High School to paint the rest were all Elementary Schools.

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Virginia Highlands buries Time Capsule to open in 50 yrs.

Emery Reid, Academic Coordinator for Upward Bound at Virginia Highlands Community College, sets the time capsule that was dedicated of Thursday in Abingdon, Virginia.

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Sullivan East Football coming on Strong

Sullivan East #3 Ethan Whitley was the key to winning this past week for the team.  They are on the road again this week against Grainger.

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Beth Harwell talks to Chamber of Commerce

Tenn. Speaker of the House and Gubernatorial candidate Beth Harwell spoke to members of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce on Friday in Bristol, Tennessee.

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Police hunt suspect

Washington County Virginia Sheriff's  K-9 officer Tray and owner and Bristol Virginia Police, were searching for a suspect along Collins Street in Bristol Virginia after a traffic Stop of a white pickup truck in the parking lot of Kroger in Bristol, Virginia.

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Abingdon school offers an alternative teaching style for students

Carter Bresowar, left, looks on as  Annabelle Finney talks about the Wolf Hills Community School in the William King Museum in Abingdon.

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St. Thomas Students at King University talk about Hurricane

Aneese Hedrington, left, talks about her home in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, after the past two hurricanes Irma and Maria impacted the Caribbean as Tequania Lake, right, looks on.  Both are students at King University and live in St. Thomas.

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Bristol Hiring Expo

Josh Lane, left, talks with Matthew Montgomery about opportunities at the JA Street General Contractors booth at the Bristol Hiring Expo on Thursday. Over 50 businesses were on hand to hire employees on the spot.

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Hibbett Sports moving Bristol Store to Washington County VA.

The Old Navy Store in the Highlands Shopping Center in Washington County, Virginia is being remodeled for Hibbetts Sports and another unnamed business.

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Bristol in top 100 places for Community Exercise

Amanda Fitzgerald took some time Wednesday morning to get her children, Ava, 2, Callahan, 18 months, and Elijah, 3 wks. together and outside for their walk at Sugar Hollow Park.  The Gallup-Sharecare State of American Well-Being series on Tuesday released its rankings on community exercise and the tricities was ranked 88 out of 189 areas across the country.

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New Pool for the AquaVikings of Tennessee High

The newly remodeled swimming pool and dive pool are soon going to be open for use.  The 1.8 million dollar project that began in February 2017.  New roof, bleachers, paint, HVAC, boards, starting blocks and sealed pools are part of the project.

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Tennessee High Golf moves on after winning District Play

Jet Tickle, Tennessee High, watches his put during the District Golf at TriCities Golf Course on Monday.

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Rhythm & Roots Reunion Sunday

The last group on State Street Stage Sunday was the 90th. Anniversary Bristol Sessions Tribute organized by Cruz Contreras on the guitar.  There was a group of several musicians who sang songs from the Sessions.  The final song featured all the musicians including  Robert Ellis, BJ Barham, Cruz Contreras, Josh Oliver and Michale Trotter, Jr. plus others not pictured singing Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2017 Friday

The crowd to see Dwight Yoakam filled up the entire street from the Piedmont Stage to State Street on Friday night at Rhythm & Roots Reunion.



Dwight Yoakam plays the Piedmont Stage on Friday at Rhythm & Roots Reunion.

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U. S. Senators Tim Kaine and Lamar Alexander performed on Friday at Rhythm &  Roots Reunion on the State Street Stage.

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Virginia gives out Community Grants

Washington County Virginia received a Community Development Grant from the State of Virginia for $362,500 for Hiden Valley Water Phase 2.  Shown with check is Jason Berry, County Adminstrator, Randy Pennington, Chairman Washington County Board of Supervisors, Robbie Cornett, director of the Washington County Service Authority, James McCall and Ken Taylor, both on Board of Commissioners Washington County Service Authority.

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Gas leak at Tri Cities Airport

Construction crews look at the area they were digging and hit a gas line off of Highway 75 between Norteast State and the Tri Cities Airport on Tuesday.

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Mercantile on State expands to Kingsport

Stephanie and Dustin Cox, owners of That Cookie Dough sell their product at the Mercantile in Bristol Tennessee.  They are expanding to include a kitchen to produce the cookie dough and an area for chairs and tables.

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Marion holds 9/11 Ceremony Monday

Turk Johnson, Marion VFW, left, and Marion Mayor David Helms and Seaman Apprentice Dylan Teaster, Chilhowie High School, place a wreath at the 9-11 Memorial in front of the Marion Fire Hall on Monday, September 11.  The Fire Hall has a section of metal from the Twin Towers on display.

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Hurricane Campers at Bristol Motor Speedway

Matin and Lori Tomberg and grandson Joseph from Vero Beach, Florida arrived at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday as the hurrican was starting to come in.  The 5 members and serveral cats and dogs.  Their house in located on the Indian River and has been in high water before.  They plan on going back Tuesday to start home.

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