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Bristol/Abingdon
News from Bristol and Abingdon.
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Agenda Bristol: School board will consider budget priorities for 2025-26, reorganize during Monday meeting
Step pay increases, enhancing academic proficiency and addressing security concerns are all budget priorities. Find out more at the meeting.
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Bristol building owners continue legal battle over abortion clinic
The owners of the building that houses Bristol Women’s Health unsuccessfully sued the clinic owner in an attempt to oust the business. They’re appealing their loss to the state court of appeals.
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Agenda Bristol: Developer wants zoning change for vacant property in the Exit 7 area
The city’s planning commission will consider whether to recommend the change during its Monday meeting.
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Bristol casino partners purchase former industrial site near casino for $7 million
The site, last home to the failed Nulife Glass recycling business, was appraised at $1.52 million. It’s currently being used for employee parking.
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Agenda Bristol: Feathers may be ruffled, bees abuzz over zoning discussion
The planning commission will discuss agriculture uses allowed on residential property during its upcoming meeting.
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The long-awaited $500 million permanent Hard Rock Hotel & Casino holds its grand opening on Thursday
With the long-awaited grand opening of the permanent Hard Rock Casino in Bristol on Thursday, casino officials want visitors — whether they’re curious first-time guests or high rollers from another country — to know they’re in Bristol. “What we want people to experience when they come here is not to have the same experience as […]
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Bristol voters pick Hartley and Slagle for school board seats
Incumbent Frank Goodpasture came up short.
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Electro-Mechanical is investing $16.55 million into Washington County expansion
Electro-Mechanical LLC is investing $16.55 million in an expansion into Washington County that will result in 109 new employees who will work in an existing 200,000-square-foot facility. The announcement was made Tuesday morning during a news conference attended by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, state lawmakers and local officials. It was held […]
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Agenda Washington County: Will Abingdon’s Moonlite Drive-In re-open?
Commissioners tabled the application in September because they wanted a site plan and more information.
