The cost-shifting has been done and any savings were found long ago. Without additional money to fund Virginia’s Medicaid program, hospitals will be forced to cut quality, services and jobs.

In the early 1960’s, Keith Donnelly attended Science Hill High School with Steve Spurrier. But, while Spurrier’s life focused on football, Donnelly’s life became books. Donnelly’s second mystery novel is out and he’s busy working on the third one.

Just when I start getting into Men of a Certain Age, I hear the promo for “the final two episodes”.

Excuse me?  It just started!  Now it’s over?  Whose idea were these mini-series disguised as regular series tv shows anyway?  I’m ticked off and I want a name!

Yesterday I spotted the biggest fattest blue jay strutting around my front yard.  Not hopping, not flitting, but strutting. 

Sometimes, all it takes is for somebody to turn the lights on.

Talk about terrible timing.

WJHL Viewer Ed Horton offers his perspective on the damage to his beloved former residence.

On the surface it looks great.  Americans getting involved, doing their political homework, insisting that our government get back to its constitutional roots.  Good stuff.

It’s the “party” part of Tea Party that worries me.

Locals in the Pros Update

Watch Mayor Dennis Phillips and Northeast State President Bill Locke present Kingsport’s higher education story to Harvard today at 2 pm click here.

Monday’s Most Wanted:  Unicoi County 2/8/2010

It’s time to start pulling your wallets out.