Damascus, VA

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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing teenager. The Bristol, Virginia Police Department is trying to locate 16-year-old Rachel Joyner. According to the police department, she was last seen by her family on Sunday evening. Joyner is described as 5-foot 2-inches tall and weighing 115 […]

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — No occupants of a Bristol home received injuries during an early-morning house fire Friday; however, three firefighters were injured while fighting the flames. Bristol Fire Chief Mike Carrier told News Channel 11 that crews arrived at the home on the 800 block of Kentucky Avenue just before 2 a.m. to find […]

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Remembering our nation’s heroes that paid the ultimate sacrifice, including four airmen from right here in the Charlotte area. Friday marks ten years since four men died and two others were seriously injured when a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Equipped C-130, belonging to the North Carolina Air National Guard, crashed while fighting a woodland fire in Southwestern South Dakota.

When first a settlement, this was called Choate's Ford. With the establishment of the Abingdon-Knoxville stage line, it became known as Middletown. When the railroad through the area was completed, it was laid out as a town and was called "Union."

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Three people went to a Bahamas resort for vacation and didn't come back home alive. They went to sleep and didn't wake up the next day due to carbon monoxide poisoning. A $20 device could have saved them. In fact, I travel with my. carbon monoxide...

Below is a list of events happening in the High Country for the weekend and Monday July 4th, 2022. Take note that this list will be updated as needed. Trinity Baptist Church in Deep Gap, 7186 old NC hwy 421 S, Event starts at 6:30 with food games and fireworks by Perennial Pyrotechnics.

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Appalachian Fair Officials announced the finalized lineup for the annual fair at the Appalachian Fairgrounds. The lineup and performance dates are: Carly Pearce – Monday, August 22 Russell Dickerson – Tuesday, August 23 Walker Hayes – Wednesday, August 24 We Are Messengers – Thursday, August 25 Shenandoah – Friday, August 26 […]

Bristol, Tennessee's first Starbucks on Volunteer ParkwayJohn Dabbs/Photographer. The upper part of Bristol, Tennessee's Volunteer Parkway continues to see new development at the Starbucks location at the Food City shopping center shows rapid progress. Many small businesses have popped up over the past few months - most notably restaurants.

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — A new law took effect Friday, making camping on Tennessee public property a felony. That is leaving some to question how it will impact the homeless population, especially along the state line. The law creates a Class C misdemeanor if a person camps on or...

Bristol, Virginia police are asking for the public’s help in locating a teenager last seen by her family on Sunday evening around 7 p.m. Rachel Joyner, 16, was described as a white female standing 5 feet 2 inches tall weighing 115 pounds with long brown hair and brown eyes.

BRISTOL, Va. — The grand opening of the temporary casino in Bristol is just a week away. The Bristol Casino Future Home of Hard Rock will celebrate with a grand opening on Friday, July 8. This week, project officials announced in a press release that the grand opening event will be held at 11 a.m. and the doors will officially open to the public at 2 p.m.

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – Bristol Virginia Sheriff Tyrone Foster has confirmed the closure of the jail downtown. Inmates will no longer be housed at the Bristol Virginia Jail; instead, they’ve been transferred to the Abingdon facility within the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority. The closure took immediate effect on July 1. All inmates have already […]

MOUNTAIN CITY, TENN. — Brownlow Utility District water customers are being asked to conserve water. This is due to a pump outage affecting the water system. Stay with News 5 for the latest updates.

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — A house fire in Bristol, Tennessee, sent three firefighters to a local hospital early Friday. Officials said the fire was in the 800 block of Kentucky Avenue. Crews responded just before 2 a.m. One firefighter received burns, and two others suffered leg injuries, according to...

A Morganton man is under arrest after firing a gun in downtown Boone, then fleeing into Caldwell County. On Thursday morning, June 30th at 2:11 a.m., Boone Police Officers were dispatched to Boone Saloon, located at 489 W. King St., regarding a possible impaired driver and a disturbance at the business after the patron was asked to leave at closing. The suspect left prior to arrival of officers; however, according to witnesses, fired one round from what was later to be determined as a 9 mm handgun, before fleeing the scene. A vehicle description, along with registration information was broadcast to surrounding law enforcement agencies.

The Bristol State Liners started July just like they ended June, with a win. Bristol rallied from a 4-0 deficit on Friday night to beat Danville 6-5. The win was the fourth in a row for the State Liners. Bristol is now 9-18 overall. The State Liners host Bluefield on...

Residents of Bristol, Va., and its sister city of Bristol, Tenn., have pushed local officials for months to close a landfill leaking foul-smelling air pollution that causes them to feel sick when they smell the fumes: nausea, headaches, sinus problems, and nose bleeds, among other symptoms. In April, a panel...

The U.S. reported over 573,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending June 28, bringing the total count to more than 85.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 1,005,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Hard Rock found a new home for furniture left over at what was once the Bristol Mall. A release on Friday stated the casino donated the remnants of the shopping hub to the Habitat to Humanity’s Re-Store in Kingsport. “This is just one way Hard Rock is choosing to serve the […]