Bristol Herald Courier Andre Teague offers viewers some highlights of the Tennessee High School graduation, while Tim and Angel Cox offer scenes from the UVa-Wise graduation ceremony in Wise, Va., on Saturday.
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With an oversized Bristol Tennessee Fire Department helmet on his head, Fairmount Elementary School sixth-grader Diante Foote smiled broadly Friday as he took a break from helping classmates unravel a hose at the department’s main fire station on Bluff City Highway.
Board of Visitors approves 3.9% increase for in-state, undergraduate students
Dr. Brian Noland, president of East Tennessee State University, held a press conference this morning to discuss the university’s plans to close the central part of campus in order to create more green space and pedestrian walkways.
Mrs. Obama said Virginia Tech has taught the nation three key lessons. Senator Warner told students to not worry too much about making mistakes.
The purpose of the drill is to test the emergency response protocols currently in place and make changes where necessary.
The Tennessee Department of Education is investigating a potential TCAP security breach within the Hawkins County school system.
First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) are scheduled to speak at graduation on Friday.
Education Dept.'s lawyer claims the ruling by the administrative judge was "inconsistent with the law...," and the admin. judge "turned the statutory requirement for a timely warning on its head..."
A construction project at Science Hill High School that was supposed to be finished weeks ago still isn't finished and likely won't be until mid-summer.
Northeast State Community College recognized its newest class of Nursing graduates at the 2012 Pinning Ceremony held Monday night at the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts on the main campus in Blountville.
Nearly 2,300 students receive diplomas in Mountain Empire college graduations Saturday.
The Director of Sullivan County's schools, Doctor Jubal Yennie, said he wants the county commission to find ways to increase the cash flow. Yennie said he is most likely going to have to ask the Sullivan County Commission for more money.
The Military Science Department at East Tennessee State University will hold a Commissioning Ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 10 a.m. in the gymnasium of Brooks Memorial Hall.
Virginia Intermont College, in partnership with the Ball Corporation, launched a new campus and community-wide recycling project to raise money for the Smith-Canter Gymnasium renovation as part of the “Raise the Roof” campaign.
Sullivan County students from third through 12th grade will be tested today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each test takes about two hours.
The antebellum home called Edmonson Hall was immersed in the smell of a wood fire, the tedious chore of cleaning clothes on a washboard and southern tunes strummed on banjos.
Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), will be the Commencement speaker at East Tennessee State University on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
As she stood in a second-floor room inside the Slater Center on Thursday, Mary Brown smiled at the exhibits of sit-in protests across Tennessee more than 50 years ago – demonstrations that Brown, now a Bristol Tennessee Board of Education member, took part in as a Tennessee State University student in 1960.
Designed to eventually involve all six city schools, the project helps children learn that food comes from someplace other than the restaurant or grocery store.
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office revealed a former bookkeeper at Nolichucky Elementary school in Greeneville stole more than $2,400 from the school over a five-month period.
Governor Bill Haslam has signed the so-called saggy pants bill into law.
The 78,000-square foot building of which the University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Chancellor David Prior was so proud now bears his name.
City school officials said Tuesday that a strategic plan put together in 2010 to help guide the district’s future has already paid major dividends for the estimated 4,000-student system, but challenges remain in meeting a number of goals.
East Tennessee State University has a new student body President, Iqra Ahmad, and she is the first woman of color to ever hold the position.
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