Tri-Cities Alternative
– By ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal judge says 12 Virginia schoolchildren who are particularly vulnerable to getting sick from COVID-19 can seek a “reasonable accommodation” such as requiring their classmates to wear masks. Their...
A serious chain of events spread over two counties began with the pursuit of a driver in a stolen truck on Interstate 81. Washington County, Virginia Sheriff Blake Andis said Jessee William McGhee, 20,...
Johnson City’s 98 year old John Sevier Center will remain a public housing facility at least for the time being, now that City Council members approved a more than five million dollar loan, as...
Two Kingsport Elementary Schools were placed in a shelter in place situation on Thursday, following reports of an armed suspect in the neighborhood. Roosevelt and Jackson Elementary schools went into shelter in place around...
As the future of the small town of Pound Virginia hangs in the balance, with a deadline approaching to straighten out its financial and other government functions, a long standing, but vacant Pound High...
A parasite that threatens the trout numbers in Southwest Virginia has been discovered in a portion of the Cripple Creek watershed that runs through Smyth and Wythe counties. State wildlife experts have identified rainbow...