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School board makes case for $839000 in funding for 2013 budget
Elizabethton Star
Carter County is not the only local government in Tennessee experiencing budgetary constraints this year. In the Tri-Cities region, several counties and cities are facing budget gaps exceeding $1 million. Deloach said state and federal mandates are a ...


Gov. Bill Haslam Signs Synthetic Drug Bills In Tri-Cities
WCYB
... Tennessee -- Students at Tennessee High School in Bristol witnessed synthetic drug history in the Volunteer State on Monday as Governor Bill Haslam signed the synthetic drug bills into law. “It was becoming too common up here [in the Tri-Cities],” ...


Emerging Power: Boy Scouts' Heather Suess works with disadvantaged
TriCities.com
Suess, the district executive for the Trailblazer District outreach program for the Sequoyah Council of the Boy Scouts of America, oversees programs for disadvantaged Cub Scouts in the Tri-Cities. She oversees three college-age supervisors who act as ...


Governor Haslam Signs Law Banning Synthetic Drugs
NewsChannel5.com
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Governor Bill Haslam has made it illegal to make or sell synthetic drugs inTennessee. He signed the measure into law at a ceremony at a high school in the Tri-Cities area on Monday. The law makes it a felony to have or distribute ...


Hindu Temple In Tennessee Marks 10th Anniversary
Eurasia Review
Non-profit RIACC serves the Indo-American community in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas ofTennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. RIACC, besides worship services and community gatherings, also offers classes in Hindi and Bharat-Natyam; ...