EO opened the Abingdon hub in hopes of helping to solve two of the main problems that hinder growth in the region: a shortage of available workers for existing jobs, and a lack of child care options.
Susan Cameron
Susan Cameron is a reporter for Cardinal News. She has been a newspaper journalist in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee for nearly 40 years. She is based in Bristol. Reach her at susan@cardinalnews.org or 276-791-5928.
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VDOT to hold public meeting Tuesday about Abingdon traffic study
The project will study congestion and safety issues on Cummings Street in Abingdon.
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Dickenson County drug treatment center gets conditional license to operate from the state
Wildwood Recovery Center is now expected to open in the second half of 2026.
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Agenda Bristol: City council will talk to candidates for vacant council seat Tuesday
Council member Becky Nave stepped down from the council in late January. The remaining council members will choose someone to fill her seat through November 2028.
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Coalfields Expressway project gets $3 million in federal funding
The money will be used to widen a two-lane section of the highway in Buchanan County to four lanes.
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FEMA grant of $4.2 million going to Wytheville for repair of Hurricane Helene damage to the town’s wastewater treatment plant
The money is coming from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is awarded to the state, which sends it to the locality.
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Becky Nave steps down from Bristol City Council to take a new job that will require her to be in Richmond more and involve a lot of travel.
The city council will appoint her replacement.
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Bristol City Council will get an update on 3 bridge projects at Tuesday meeting
The projects are funded through VDOT’s State of Good Repair program.
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Mountain Empire embarks on restructuring amid challenges for community colleges
The school in Big Stone Gap is dealing with stagnant state funding, an increase in operating costs and a changing student body.
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Bristol moves forward with search for its next city manager
The city must replace Randy Eads, who left to serve as general counsel for the state’s new attorney general.