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November 07, 2009
Holiday mail, gun death, Alcoa closing
The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are partnering for the third year to present the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.
November 06, 2009
Does God expect us to care for others?
I couldn’t help but wonder what a person without insurance or other means to pay would have done.
November 05, 2009
McDonnell win based on economy
That Republican Bob McDonnell won the governor’s race in Virginia was not a surprise.
November 01, 2009
Endorsements for McDonnell, Bolling, Shannon
As voters prepare to make their choices Tuesday, we remind them of our endorsements for Virginia governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
October 31, 2009
Holiday events, bear cub saved & higher taxes
Civic groups, church groups and businesses have an array of safe Halloween activities planned for children and their families in the region.
October 30, 2009
Good leaders must give clear message
Smart people like those on the Bristol Virginia Utilities board and its staff should not be surprised by the public outcry that BVU’s spinoff decision is a rush job.
October 27, 2009
Shannon for AG
In the race to become Virginia’s Attorney General for the next four years, are two lawyers: both from Fairfax County, both represent Northern Virginia residents in the General Assembly and both shared their platforms with this newspaper’s editorial board.
October 26, 2009
Bristol Herald Courier endorses Bill Bolling for lieutenant governor
Republican Bill Bolling has roots in Virginia’s coalfields and a clear understanding of its rural challenges
October 25, 2009
Bristol Herald Courier endorses Bob McDonnell for Virginia governor
Virginia has two chief problems – higher than acceptable unemployment and transportation needs across the commonwealth. We believe Republican Robert F. McDonnell has outlined the most robust plans to address both as governor of Virginia.
October 24, 2009
Health, football, spanking & pie
Tennessee is making some progress in serving more-nutritious food and drinks in its public schools.
October 23, 2009
Solid reasons for separation of BVU from city
Next week, the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board, created as a division of the city, will make the second of two requests to reinvent itself as a separate authority.
October 21, 2009
Find Better Way To Hire, Fire City Attorneys
Bluff City, Tenn., citizens witnessed an embarrassment on Monday – the town’s veteran city attorney was fired and replaced with a newcomer while anyone watching was faced with the obvious truth that three of the members had agreed to the firing beforehand.
October 17, 2009
Pot Farms, Loss Of Old Motel & Selling UT Site
We’re sad to see this landmark go, but it was long past its time. The Robert E. Lee Motel, a landmark along Lee Highway in Washington County, was torn down Monday and passed into the history books.
October 16, 2009
Air Monitoring Must Continue
Without a definitive cause for what has sickened manufacturing workers and caused offensive odors in a nearby neighborhood, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a new air permit last week for a company outside Abingdon that recycles alcohol-based products into fuel.
October 15, 2009
Guard Against Swine Flu Fears
Is swine flu as bad as the “regular” flu? Or worse? Can you tell based on your symptoms?
October 10, 2009
Family Reunited, Teen Wins, OT Costs
A mother was reunited with her newborn son on Tuesday after losing him twice – first to a kidnapper and later to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.
October 09, 2009
BVU On Its Own?
BVU looks to create separate authority.
October 08, 2009
Customers Exposed Fraud Over Dog Sales
What started as an attempt to buy a friend a dog, ended with the buyers being duped, the sickly dog dying and, eventually, a kennel owner sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.
October 04, 2009
Industry Behind Ads Opposing New Soda Taxes
Let’s get real about who the Americans Against Food Taxes really are.
October 03, 2009
Arts Generosity, Cell Phone Rules & More Job Loss
About 140 more people will be out of work when Bosch Braking System closes its Johnson City, Tenn., plant next year.
October 02, 2009
Tech Redundancy Crucial For Region
Bristol Virginia Utilities wants $3 million to upgrade broadband telecommunications in the region, a project that would assure backup for existing technology industries in Russell County and open the door for future technology growth.
October 01, 2009
Growing Taste For Technology
Giving teachers an opportunity to fly on a jet that simulates zero gravity also offers that experience vicariously to the students in their classrooms.
September 29, 2009
Support For Orchard Business
Laid off from a job in New Hampshire and excited about developing a new, seasonal business here, Michael Richard may have overlooked or skipped some of the steps with the city.
September 27, 2009
Big Tobacco Atttempts To Evade FDA Rules
FDA regulations are designed to reduce or eliminate dangerous products for our citizens. The tobacco industry sells a product that is inherently dangerous
September 26, 2009
Lotto Win, Sneezing & More Job Losses
It’s a program aimed at bringing in up to $41 million to a state that is strapped for cash.
September 24, 2009
Neighbors, Workers Deserve Resolution On DEQ Complaints
With workers complaining of headaches, nausea and nosebleeds, and neighbors complaining of bad odors, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality must quickly isolate the cause of what is sickening some manufacturing workers in Abingdon.
September 20, 2009
Young Workers, Women Hurt The Most By Fallout From Economic Crisis
A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed and the economic crisis began in earnest, the American economy is still gasping for breath and many Americans are reporting substantial personal stress, ongoing financial problems and skepticism that any proposed reforms will have lasting effects.
September 19, 2009
Judd, Tourism & Report Card Hoax
Country music singer Wynonna Judd will be a special guest on the Santa Train later this year when it delivers gifts to children in Appalachia.
September 18, 2009
ACORN Should Face IRS Audit
ACORN is rightly taking its lumps, including the loss of all its federal funding, after staff in four cities was secretly videotaped giving advice to actors posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to buy a home and start a brothel.
September 17, 2009
Praise, Renewal For Virginia Intermont College
From its humble beginnings in a large home in Glade Spring in 1884, and the construction of its original building in Bristol, completed in 1893, Virginia Intermont College today has grown into an unprecedented educational and economic institution in the city.
