The city must replace Randy Eads, who left to serve as general counsel for the state’s new attorney general.
Bristol/Abingdon
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Longtime Bristol city manager leaving job to take position with new state attorney general
Randy Eads, who has been Bristol’s city manager and city attorney for nine years, will serve as general counsel in the attorney general’s office. He starts Saturday.
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Wise County government chief prepares to depart as county budget woes continue
If the current spending pattern continues, the county will run out of money before the next tax billing in the spring, the county treasurer warned the board of supervisors.
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Then & Now: A year after a fire destroyed a former college campus in Bristol, the owner and the city are still at odds over what’s next for the property
The owner of the former Virginia Intermont campus is determined to open a college there, according to his attorney. But the Bristol city manager is again threatening legal action.
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Bristol City Council will consider hiring a firm to manage construction of new baseball stadium
The facility, expected to cost $10 million to $12 million, will be home to the State Liners.
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Damascus to host community meeting with the company that will rebuild the Virginia Creeper Trail
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Holston High School. The focus will be to highlight local opportunities for employment and contracts within the project.
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Washington County supervisors consider contract to buy 85 acres for an industrial park
The county has five industrial parks, but three are full and the other two are running out of space, local officials said.
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Bristol students will have ‘promise’ community college tuition program starting fall 2026
The program announced Thursday was made possible by a gift from the Anne & Gene Worrell Foundation to provide last-dollar support for students from the city.
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At Lee County hospital that once closed and then reopened, Spanberger warns about federal impacts on rural health care
President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” budget legislation will remove $26 billion from health care in Virginia, Spanberger said following a tour of the Lee County hospital. “The harm hasn’t hit yet.”
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Dickenson officials name new operator for drug treatment facility
Addiction Recovery Care of Kentucky (ARC) will no longer be the operator for the new substance abuse treatment center in Dickenson County, which was completed in January but has yet to open. County officials announced in a news release Thursday that they have signed an agreement with a new company, Momentum Recovery and Wellness, which […]
