The weekend event in Houston marked the D-B team’s first appearance at the international competition.
The project has been a priority for the Industrial Development Board for about 20 years and has been promised by a couple of administrations, only to be moved to the back burner each time.
Municipal elections in Kingsport, Bristol and Bluff City will take place on May 21. Early voting begins May 1 in Blountville and May 9 in Kingsport and Bristol and continues through May 16.
Board members at a called meeting and work session Tuesday also learned they can give input to consultant Wayne Qualls on candidates for a new director of schools, with public interviews by the board possible by May 7.
Most of that debt stems from the 2009 Phase 3 county schools building construction and renovation project although it also encompasses debt for school buses; road and/or bridge construction; the Justice Center and Courthouse renovations; and equipment for the solid waste department.
Sullivan County’s countywide assessment is nearing $4 billion.
Le Grand Concours is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated for their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French, with more than 72,000 students in all 50 states competing in the 2019 event.
A sexual relationship with her former student is alleged to have occurred on or about March 18, 2017, through April 16, 2017, during which time the victim turned 15, and again on or about Oct. 1, 2017, through Oct. 10, 2017.
Northeast State announced last February that it would move the program from Gray to the airport which sits next to the community college. Airport officials are also viewing the project as a driver for their Aerospace Park development.
If you’re an Interstate 26 daily commuter who especially dreads the Friday rush hour trip between Johnson City and Kingsport, now’s the time to speak your piece. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is engaged in the first study of I-26 since it became an interstate.
GATE CITY — A wanted Duffield man tried to elude a Scott County deputy by jumping in the Clinch River on Sunday night, but instead was rescued from the rising waters.
Aside from full-time teachers, Hawkins schools are always looking for substitute teachers, instructional assistants, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and maintenance staff, and the school system is anticipating the creation of one new technology position.
For the sheriff’s race in Wise County, Sheriff’s Col. Grant Kilgore has been endorsed by retiring Sheriff R.J. Oakes, with Coeburn Police Chief Scott Brooks and former Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim McAfee contesting Kilgore.
A man was fatally ejected from his vehicle during a Tuesday morning crash on Route 23 in Scott County, Va.
KINGSPORT — Bays Mountain Park is getting some much-needed additional parking, but the construction project will temporarily limit parking for visitors
