The federal AMLER grants, which total $6.12 million, are intended to transform former coal mining land into sites for economic development.
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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State Street paving project on Tuesday agenda for Bristol City Council
The city council will hear a presentation on a State Street repaving project, along with other improvements coming in 2026.
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Bristol issues 15-day compliance ultimatum to owner of former college property
Bristol City Manager Randy Eads said Tuesday that the company that owns the long-vacant Virginia Intermont campus has 15 days to take action or the city will seek a court order.
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She knows ‘success’ in recovery is a lifelong process
Mia Stanley, who kicked a 20-year oxycodone habit and turned her life around, recently relapsed.
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Dickenson County’s new addiction treatment center brings long-term residential treatment to an area that has little
Proponents of the Addiction Recovery Care program say the length and depth of the program helps clients get and stay clean.
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Bristol City Council considers final approval of unsafe and blighted property ordinance
The resolution is likely aimed at the city’s issues with the former Virginia Intermont College site, which has been vacant for more than a decade.
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Addiction treatment as an economic development strategy? Dickenson County, ravaged by substance abuse and overdose deaths, says yes
The first of two drug treatment centers has been completed; it was purposefully built within sight of the county’s new industrial park.
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Coal magnate, casino founder, philanthropist Jim McGlothlin dies
McGlothlin, who parlayed a successful coal business into a hospitality company that opened the state’s first casino in Bristol, also will be remembered for the causes he supported, including education and the arts.
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Tax relief for older and disabled residents being considered Monday by Russell County leaders
A public hearing on the proposal will also be held.
Posted inWeather
‘Microclimates’ make some parts of your cities hotter. We hit the streets (and fields) to find out more.
Microclimates abound in communities with an uneven distribution of concrete and shade.
