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Today, the committee organizing the 100th anniversary of the historic Bristol Slogan Sign announced that the commemorative Sign Posters will be available to the public on Monday, March 15 at the Bristol Public Library. more […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story by Christa Smith Anderson, a native of Abingdon, Va., originally appeared in Oxford American’s 11th Annual Southern Music Issue. It is reprinted here by permission of the author. For more on Oxford American’s music issue visit, http://www.oxfordamerican.org. more […]

Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1933 visit to White Top Folk Festival spotlighted by writer formerly from Abingdon, Va. more […]

ETSU to open show’s run with Veterans Day military salute; pre-show ‘60s-music concerts before each curtain. more […]

Jayson Paul, half of Cryme Tyme: “You have to be persistent and you have to love it to make it in the WWE.“ more […]

The Bristol, Tenn.-born Barr returns to the Mountain Empire on Sept. 7 with his film “Mow Crew” and the film’s director Taylor Toole in tow. more […]

Music, dance, theater, festival, fairs and more are listed in Herald Courier’s entertainment calendars. more […]

Rain showers in the morning. Then rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 mph or less. Chance of rain 90 percent. […]

Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Light winds. […]

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 10 mph or less. […]

Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. […]

Cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Chance of rain 60 percent. […]

Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  A ribbon cutting for Hometown IGA will be held Monday, March 1, 2010, at 11 a.m. at 1328 South John B. Dennis Hwy, Kingsport. Whites Fresh Foods locations in Kingsport, Tenn. will be officially converting to Hometown IGA on Monday, March 1st. A ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening is scheduled with the Kingsport Chamber of Comme […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  Throughout the 2009 holiday season, area Food City supermarkets once again featured the sale of a special childrens book, entitled The Santa Train Tradition. Inspired by one of our regions most anticipated and exciting holiday traditions, the well-crafted childrens book was written by long time Kingsport resident, Leigh Anne W. Hoover […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  The Kingsport, Bristol & Johnson City/Jonesborough/Washington County Chambers of Commerce and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host the 2010 Regional Legislative Dinner on Wednesday, March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 417 Union Street Restaurant, downtown Nashville. This event is sponsored by Appalachian Power, Atm […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  The Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting for TriSummit Bank Church Circle Financial Center will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. at 422 Broad Street, downtown Kingsport. TriSummit Bank opened business in February 2007, as a full-service community bank with a principal office in each of the Tri-Cit […]

Kingsport, Tenn.- Fun Fest is proud to announce it has been named one of the Top 20 Events for July 2010 by the Southeast Tourism Society. This is the Fun Fests sixth consecutive year receiving this distinction from the organization. Its such an honor to have our event recognized by this organization, says Stephen LaHair, Fun Fest Chair. I hope thi […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. - The Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce honored longtime Kingsport resident, attorney and community leader Bill Bovender with its prestigious 21st Lifetime Member Award during its 63rd Annual Dinner Friday night at the MeadowView Marriott Conference Resort & Convention Center. It is with tremendous pride and great pleasure the Kingspor […]

Rickey Dewayne Hickman is charged with transferring pornographic material to a minor, a misdemeanor. […]

Two resignations in a week leaves Bluff City, Tenn. without a mayor. The town’s attorney will request an official opinion on whether Alderman J.C. Gentry declined his mayoral appointment, or resigned from the board altogether. […]

The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible case of animal cruelty after two men found a half dozen dead puppies in a creek. […]

The Mount Rogers Health District will offer free H1N1 vaccines to the public on Monday, March 15, at the Bristol Virginia Public Library. […]

Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Jonathan Jessee Ryans in connection with a domestic violence assault. […]

Police say Timothy Wayne Henry and Elisa Minton Henry stole medication from elderly residents at a local nursing home. […]

Faced with the ever present demand for emergency food assistance, The Salvation Army is asking the community for help and is partnering with the Feinstein Foundation to match donations to fight hunger in East Tennessee. […]

A pair of 911 calls spanning 23 minutes recounted the harrowing experience Jim Sikes went through as his Toyota Prius couldn't slow down. In the audio released, Sikes sounds panicked at times as he tells a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator. (March 10) […]

The parents of a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer have filed suit against the Defense Ministry. Arguments were heard Wednesday in a Haifa court over the death of Rachel Corrie. (March 10) […]

Farah Fawcett's omission from Oscar segment no accident; Lindsay Lohan takes a swipe at E-trade babies; Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son. (March 10) […]

It's an about face for Cuba, a country closely aligned with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels who long viewed being gay as illegal. The communist country is now are funding sex change operations. (March 10) […]

Actors Sir Michael Caine, Rupert Everett and Richard E. Grant attend the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the Opera' sequel, 'Love Never Dies,' in London. (March 10) […]

A Georgian television station says it has located the world's old woman. The station says that documents show that Antisa Khvichava was born in 1880, making her 130 years old. (March 10) […]

OK Go has left EMI and will re-release its latest album, "Of The Color of Blue Sky," on its own Paracadute Recordings label. […]

Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music. […]

Since 2000, just three Best Original Song recipients have reached the Hot 100. […]

A show by the German pop-rock act Tokio Hotel at St. Petersburg's 12,000-seat Ice Palace was canceled at the last minute, allegedly due to a dispute between the artist and the promoter. […]

Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said. […]

Japan's leading one-location music event, Fuji Rock Festival, has announced some of the main headliners for its 14th edition, to be held July 30 to Aug. 1. […]

Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. […]

Through interviews with a brainy crop of musicians and scientists, a new documentary probes the connection between body, mind and music. […]

Pink Floyd and EMI are locked in a royalty battle -- yet another example of an emerging dispute between rights holders and publishers over payment for intellectual property born before the explosion of online digital sales. […]

Tell us why the trumpet player and bandleader was one of music's most innovative forces, and you'll be entered to win a copy of the 70-CD box set Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, a Miles-branded iPod and Monster Miles Davis Tribute high-performance headphones. […]

Get an early earful of fresh tracks from upcoming albums in this podcast. Highlights include "High Road," a new tune from the Broken Bells collaboration between Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer. […]

The Knife's Olof and Karin Dreijer engage in a trippy and illuminating round-table discussion with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims, riffing on the origin and meanings of their Charles Darwin opera, in this U.S. exclusive video. […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dollar General Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit against rival discount chain Fred's Inc., claiming the smaller company is using its trademark yellow and black colors. The suit accuses Fred's of "unlawfully and deceptively" using Dollar General's color scheme and typeface in a new advertising campaig […]

MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. (March 10, 2010) -Dr. C. Robert Wetzel, chancellor and retired president of Emmanuel School of Religion, is the keynote speaker for Milligan College's 2010 Henry and Emerald Webb Lecture Series to be held Tuesday, March 16, and Thursday, March 18, at 11 a.m. in Milligan's Seeger Memorial Chapel. The lectures, titled " […]

ETSU economists Steb Hipple said today that with a "continuing recovery in retailing at the national level, the turnaround in retail activity in the state and Tri-Cities region cannot be too far behind." But, he added, the Tri-Cities region was late in entering the recession so the area will also be late in leaving the recession. He thinks that by […]

SURGOINSVILLE  The former Nu-Energie biodiesel plant in the Phipps Bend Industrial Park is headed for the auction block. The 18,634-square-foot facility on 3.3 acres will be sold to the highest bidder at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The auction will take place onsite in the industrial park. Prospective buyers can inspect the facility Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

NASHVILLE  The so-called complimentary breakfasts at many hotels in Tennessee have stirred the appetite of state revenue officials. The state wants to tax the lodging businesses for the food that they offer as free breakfasts as part of their room rate. The budget-strapped state hopes to get an estimated $1 million to $2 million for its coffers from the […]

Hes been on the job as interim president and CEO of the Regional Alliance for Economic Development for just over a year now. And already Tom Ferguson has restructured the organization, cut its staff in half, and changed its focus from marketing to recruitment. Ferguson  who admits he wondered a year ago if the alliance was savable  believes the organiza […]