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Sterling Project Development recently provided this conceptual drawing to the city of what a portion of the old General Shale property could look like. SPD is recommending a multi-purpose outdoor venue be built on the western side of the property, while the eastern 25 acres be reserved for residential development.
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Downtown

Kingsport takes next step in outdoor venue project

Consultants are recommending that Kingsport build a multipurpose outdoor venue on the old General Shale property, while marketing 25 adjacent acres for residential development. Kingsport leaders envision the outdoor venue being a “magnet” project for the city and ideally drawing in people, businesses and restaurants to the downtown area.

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MBI will provide at least two more design options for improving and expanding Sullivan County jail facilities, along with more exact cost estimates within the next month or so, County Mayor Richard Venable said. In this conceptual drawing, presented to county officials August 20: the white sections represent current structures, the five dark blue sections are new "pods" on the back of the current jail, the purple and green sections are proposed new operational support areas (kitchen, laundry, booking, storage, etc.) and the hot pink in the lower left represents a potential expansion to the jail "annex." In theory, with that expansion the "annex" would become a women-only jail.
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Sullivan County Jail

If plan OK'd today, new Sullivan jail space would be two years out, cost $56M

Expansion of the Sullivan County Jail and its “annex” could cost between $40 and $56 million, or more. County officials likely to tour Georgia county’s jail to view design concept.

Aug 20, 2019 at 10:21 PM
File photo of HCEMS's station on McKinney Avenue in Rogersville. Hawkins County EMS has struggled to keep employees, but a proposal to would eliminate the county ambulance three-franchise renewal process might have the intended effect of helping HCEMS retain staff.
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Hawkins County EMS

Proposal eliminates Hawkins EMS franchise, creates joint venture with county

Hawkins County EMS has struggled to keep employees, but a proposal to would eliminate the county ambulance three-franchise renewal process might have the intended effect of helping HCEMS retain staff.

Updated Aug 20, 2019 at 9:25 AM
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Civics 101

Can you answer these geography questions from U.S. citizenship test?

When an immigrant applies to become a U.S. citizen, they must answer 10 questions from a potential list of 100. Here are some examples of the section on geography.

Aug 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Kim Estep, chancellor of WGU Tennessee.
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Eastman scholarship

Women urged to apply for new Eastman scholarship at WGU Tennessee

KINGSPORT  — If you are a woman with an Eastman Chemical Company job or connection and are ready and willing to finish your bachelor’s degree online, there could be some money coming your way.

Updated Aug 19, 2019 at 11:32 AM
Bo Shadden, director of career technical education for Dobyns-Bennett High School, talks about the summer CTE offerings.
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Kingsport City Schools

Career technical education year-round in Kingsport

Many of the programs were done in conjunction with Northeast State Community College and gave students dual high school and college credit.

Aug 18, 2019 at 8:06 AM
Downtown Rogersville will soon offer free WiFi thanks to a $40,000 Appalachian regional commission grant that was recently awarded to the city.
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Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen

Free Wi-Fi coming to downtown Rogersville thanks to ARC grant

City Recorder Glenn Hutchens told the BMA that the city had been awarded an Appalachian Regional Commission grant which will provide up to $28,000 with a $12,000 match for the downtown WiFi project.

Aug 17, 2019 at 12:30 PM
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Bays Mountain Park

Bays Mountain Park to be closed for paving

The work comes at the tail end of two major projects that took place at Bays Mountain Park this past spring and summer — the addition of 75 new parking spaces and the installation of more than 6,000 linear feet of new sewer line.

Aug 16, 2019 at 5:30 PM
The walking track at Laurel Run Park, shown here, will be closed for the next couple of weeks while the park’s long awaited shoreline remediation project is underway to halt erosion. Work is scheduled to begin Friday morning.
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laurel run park

Shoreline erosion project closes Laurel Run Park's walking track

The paved walking track that circles the western half of the park will be closed due to heavy equipment moving rock that will be used stabilize the shoreline.

Updated Aug 16, 2019 at 10:45 AM
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Kingpsort City Schools

Kingsport gets six Reward Schools designations from Tennessee

Dobyns-Bennett High School and Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, Roosevelt and Washington elementaries received the designation. 

Aug 15, 2019 at 9:00 PM
In this 2013 file photos, Carters Valley Road was the first road in Tennessee where the cost-saving MARS system was used. It's a machine that scrapes off the top layer of asphalt, grinds it and mixes it with a liquid asphalt material, and then re-applies that same asphalt as it inches slowly along the highway.
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Carters Valley Road

Carters Valley's 'one continuous pothole' will be repaved beginning Monday

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is asking motorists to use caution on Carters Valley Road, which will be down to one lane in sections as work progresses from the Sullivan County line west to the Highway 11-W intersection near Rogersville.

Aug 15, 2019 at 6:00 PM
A chart showing Sullivan County Achievement Data for the 2017-18 school year year compare to 2018-19
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Sullivan County schools

Sullivan school system all 3, 4 or 5 in value-added scores, gets seven Reward Schools

The system in achievement data had progressin all measured subjects except Algebra I.

Aug 14, 2019 at 11:15 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, right, visits with state Rep. David Hawk of Greeneville after a meeting with state lawmakers to discuss everything from mental health to Medicaid.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

What will Congress do about mass shootings? Roe says lawmakers will weigh options

"There's good verbiage about red flag laws," Roe, R-Tennessee, said during a meeting with reporters at his district office in Kingsport. "What that means is if someone is a danger, you can have some length of time, four or five days, where they can maintain a person's due process rights because you are innocent until proven guilty here."

Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 2:45 PM
Mount Carmel Alderman Steven McLain
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Editorial: Mount Carmel leaders must take a stand

If Mount Carmel is to have any chance at succeeding, a majority of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen must stand solidly against Alderman Steven McLain, whose efforts to undermine the city manager and tear down the wall of separation between members of the BMA and city employees will continue until voters replace him.

Aug 13, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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Sullivan County schools

Screenings show reading gains for Sullivan elementary students

A school system official attributed the results to investments in new reading curriculum, teacher training and strategic intervention for at-risk students.

Aug 13, 2019 at 1:51 PM
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