Bristol News

The addition of new employees has prompted plans for some remodeling at the offices of the city's utilities provider.

The Washington County and Bristol, Va., school systems both achieved Adequate Yearly Progress during the 2007-2008 school year, school system officials said Wednesday.

Wildlife officials have confirmed two more cases of raccoon rabies in Bristol, Virginia.

Three colleges in Northeast Tennessee and two in Southwest Virginia have made U.S. News and World Report "best" schools lists this week.

A fire just after 4 a.m. Saturday completely demolished an older two-story house in Bristol, Tenn., that had been divided into apartments but was unoccupied.

A woman was transported for treatment Thursday after being hit by a truck at Food City Family Race night.

BRISTOL, Va. - It was 1971. A divorced mother of four children made do on minimum wage while living in Rice Terrace.

A woman was not seriously injured today after she drove her vehicle under a level crossing and into a slow-moving train at the crossing on Euclid Avenue near Commonwealth Avenue, according to Bristol Virginia ...

For years, it was my good fortune to have as a neighbor, friend and historical informant Miss Billie Baxter, who long lived on Solar Street in Bristol, Va.

Federal prosecutors say a local mail carrier's prescription drug problem may have led him to opening people's mail in search of money and drugs.

Q: My backyard planter if full of wild blackberries . They are plump, ripe, juicy and sweet as sugar this year.

The Tobacco Commission allocating money for everything. I thought the tobacco money was for the farmers.

BY AMY HUNTER BRISTOL HERALD COURIER The Marion, Va., man charged Friday with murder in the death of his infant daughter originally claimed the child fell from a deck before police say he changed his story ...

BY DAVID McGEE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. - Citing possible overcrowding concerns and the cost of fuel, school leaders said Monday they plan to redraw some elementary school boundary lines.

Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner visited Bristol, Va. Tuesday. Warner met with local business leaders at Java J's coffee shop on State St.

BY DAVID McGEE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. - The city's groundbreaking broadband telecommunications initiative has earned it consideration for the National League of Cities 2008 Municipal Excellence ...

The city School Board voted Wednesday to establish a new administrative position to oversee student attendance.

A commission created to distribute state tobacco settlement money is providing more than $36 million for research centers in southwest and Southside Virginia .

A Virginia man has been charged with pointing a gun at the driver of a gasoline tanker truck and threatening him during a confrontation at a city gas station two weeks ago.

Can you find out the history/story behind the Jewish cemetery on the corner of Bradley Street and Floyd Street in Bristol, Va.? When was it founded? Are only Jewish people buried in it? There's a brick wall and ...