Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama will return to Southwest Virginia today to hold a town hall meeting in Lebanon, Virginia.
Obama's campaign says during the meeting, he plans to discuss his economic plans, creating jobs and ending the nation's dependence on imported oil.
Today marks Obama's fourth visit to Southwest Virginia since winning the primaries, but his first visit since securing the Democratic nomination for president.
Even though tickets to Obama's speech at Lebanon High School are long gone, Tricities.com has complete coverage here with our partner news teams at the Bristol Herald Courier and News Channel 11.
To bring you reports on the atmosphere leading up to the candidate's formal event, reporters from all three of our newsgathering teams will share information throughout the day in Tricities.com's Reporter's Notebook. That's where you can comment on the day's events as well, before, during and after the town hall meeting by posting comments to each of the entries.
Tricities.com will provide a live stream of the town hall meeting at Lebanon High School starting at 4:30pm, along with the blog maintained by the team of reporters from News Channel 11, TriCities.com, and the Bristol Herald Courier. Tricities.com reporter Brent Carney will talk with local Republican representatives in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia about the town hall meeting and whether there are any plans for Republican candidate John McCain to visit the area.
Join us for complete coverage and interactive conversations throughout the day on Tricities.com as we bring you the events surrounding Barack Obama's visit to our region, live coverage from News Channel 11 and in-depth analysis of all the events in the Bristol Herald Courier.
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