Plans for handling court proceedings in the meantime have not yet been announced.
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Bristol, Abingdon, all of far Southwest
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60 years ago, a rising star named Dolly Parton took the stage at a Tennessee club. Her opening act remembers it well.
Tommy Dickens sang and played bass around East Tennessee. He also had a young son named Tad.
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The Pulse: Salem VA to host a summer enrollment event with medical screenings, benefits help and more
Plus: A new tool helps families navigate disability services throughout the state, and Southwest Virginia’s local health departments offer flu vaccination clinics.
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Washington County Courthouse temporarily closed after air quality study raises concerns
The study was conducted after concerns were raised about “microbial growth,” the county said Monday in a news release.
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Former Wallens Ridge correctional officer sentenced to prison for assaulting inmate
A state senator who monitors Virginia prisons says this was a rare instance of a guard being charged.
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Southwest Field Notes: The Crooked Road is accepting affiliate venues for next year
Plus: Two local events, one from the past and the other for the future.
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The Pulse: Community memorial will honor people who died of overdoses
Plus: VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment offers guided tours of new Roanoke clinic; Buchanan General Hospital says Southern Gap clinic will open this fall.
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Extra Credit: Python believed to have started Bedford County School fire
Plus: Roanoke’s superintendent enjoys her last first day, along with school improvement news from Roanoke and Tazewell counties.
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The two proposed dam projects in Wise County are part of a nationwide renaissance of hydropower
Hydropower was once given up for dead. Now, across the country, private developers are looking to pumped storage hydro projects as a way to provide more ‘dispatchable’ energy for the grid.
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Appalachian Voices: Black lung benefits haven’t kept up with inflation
The real buying power of the modest black-lung benefit has decreased because it is tied to cost-of-living increases for federal employees rather than inflation.
