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October 24, 2008
Every Link Welcome
It’s exciting to see another announcement for a telemedicine link to the University of Virginia.
October 23, 2008
Palin Doesn’t Know VP Duties
Stand-up comic Jeff Foxworthy has become famous to a new generation of youngsters for starring in the popular TV show: “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?”
October 20, 2008
Small Boost Nice; Crisis Still Looms
So what will you do with your extra $63?
October 19, 2008
McCain For President
Sen. John McCain has earned the reputation as an architect of bipartisan compromises and a disciplined budget hawk. At no other time in our nation’s history have we needed a leader with those skills more than now.
October 18, 2008
Cheap Gas And Naming Stunts
The William King Regional Arts Center has bought the final piece of property it needs to build an entry road to open the arts campus to Abingdon’s downtown.
October 16, 2008
Making Every Vote Count
Taking advantage of early voting, thousands of Tennesseans turned out Wednesday to begin making their choices for state, local and national races.
October 14, 2008
Bristol, Va., comprehensive plan needs citizen input
Published October 14, 2008
October 12, 2008
Welcome fall
Leafy color brings thousands to region
October 05, 2008
Camera Purchases Good Use Of Funds
The Bristol Virginia Police Department has decided on an excellent use of money forfeited by a drug manufacturer convicted of falsely promoting OxyContin.
October 04, 2008
Cigarette Butts, Spats And Fat Cats
Kim Peterson of the Web site MSN Money reports that Alan Fishman of Washington Mutual (WaMu) is walking away with $19 million for less than a month at the helm of the troubled bank.
October 03, 2008
Food Needs Growing Locally
The Second Harvest Food Bank provides millions of pounds of food to people in more than 40 counties in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.
October 02, 2008
Red Light Cameras Improve Safety
A recent report from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research calls for removing red light cameras across Tennessee because they are unsafe, unnecessary and unconstitutional.
October 01, 2008
Punishing The Country And Not Wall Street
First, let’s get past the name “bailout.”
September 30, 2008
Parents, Public Need MRSA Information
It is resistant to drugs commonly given to fight infection, and it could be lurking in a locker room at your child’s school. In some – albeit rare – cases, students have died.
September 29, 2008
Vandals Paint Region As Racist
Someone knows who vandalized a homemade “Vote Obama” sign and turned it into a shameful reminder that bigots walk among us.
September 28, 2008
Ghostwritten Letters Common Campaign Tactic
Margriet Oostveen, a journalist who writes a weekly column called “Message from Washington” in the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad has elevated her profile thanks to her work as a ghostwriter.
September 27, 2008
Roads, Rejection And Faking It
Shareholders of the giant insurance company American International Group, which was given a $85 billion government lifeline last week, met on Monday.
September 26, 2008
Candidates Must Debate
It’s one thing to hide Sarah Palin from the media and, thus, the American people. But John McCain, who is plummenting in the polls, was clearly using the financial meltdown as an excuse to skip the first debate with Barack Obama.
September 25, 2008
Stop Blaming The Messenger
Stop the presses: The New York Times is no longer a legitimate news organization and has become a political action committee working for Sen. Barack Obama.
September 24, 2008
Which Is It, Biden?
Sen. Joe Biden, who visited Castlewood, Va., on Saturday for the United Mine Workers’ annual Fish Fry, was quick to remind supporters of his ties and friendship to coal.
September 23, 2008
Oversight Critical To Financial Rescue
Scary doesn’t begin to describe it. The financial crisis on Wall Street is the worst since the Great Depression and is expected to take at least a $700 billion bailout to cauterize.
September 21, 2008
Teen Party Raid Was Necessary
Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman says the party was larger than most – 100 kids gathered at a riverside home to revel in the start of the football season.
September 20, 2008
Good Rulings, Unethical Pols
Rare is it the judge who can read an editorial in the morning and in the afternoon try to implement some of the editorial’s recommendations.
September 18, 2008
Cowards
No wonder political campaigns have degenerated into mud-slinging, vacuous food fights.
Myths About Letters
Several of our readers have complained that we are purposely running more letters that support Barack Obama than John McCain.
September 17, 2008
Chafin Could Do Free Dental Work For Public
We’ll never know what really happened on June 18, 2006, when a Boone Lake boating accident left one Bristol, Tenn., fisherman dead and another severely injured.
September 16, 2008
Protestors Wasted Time, Money
We understand the angst created by the coal plant under construction by Dominion Virginia Power in Wise County.
September 15, 2008
Literally In Bed With Big Oil
For all the jokes about the federal government and the Republican administration being in bed with Big Oil, it appears that’s exactly what has been happening.
September 14, 2008
Panic Worsens Gas Prices, Supply
As gas prices skyrocketed Friday ahead of Hurricane Ike, area residents panicked.
September 13, 2008
Troop Support, Jets & Press Passes
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., has received the Military Coalition’s Award of Merit for steering his Post-9/11 GI Bill into law.
