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Tri-Cities Airport Considering Flights To Nashville WCYB By Megan Gorey BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tri-Cities Regional Airport is talking with a small carrier, which they're not disclosing, to add a scheduled service flight to and from Blountville and Nashville International Airport.

Demi Moore 911 call: Synthetic drugs in Tennessee Examiner.com The Tennessee Legislature has a bill in the approval process right now to create heavy penalties for those who manufacture and sell synthetic drugs, according to the Tennessean. A medical professional in the Tri-Cities spoke with me on the condition of ... Carter Co. unemployment rate falls to 7.7 percent Elizabethton Star Locally, Carter County's jobless rate registered the biggest change in the entire Tri-Cities area. From the month of November to December, Carter County's unemployment rate fell from 8.2 percent to 7.7 percent. Compared to December of 2010, ... Boral Bricks announces new dealer, Bolton Block TriCities.com Today Boral Bricks, the nation's largest brick manufacturer and distributor, has announced an expansion of the distribution of its product lines in a region covering the Tri-Cities market, eastTennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. Two lawmakers push to eliminate gun background checks for more than 300k ... TriCities.com Two area lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would eliminate gun background checks for more than 300000 Tennesseans and that has the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation concerned. Senator Steve Southerland is sponsoring the legislation in the Tennessee ...