By Amy Hunter, Bristol Herald Courier, Va. Aug. 5--A Piney Flats resident was recently exposed to rabies after being bitten by a bat that later tested positive for the disease.

By Mac McLean, Bristol Herald Courier, Va. Aug. 5--BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. -- Sullivan County Board of Education members chose safety over savings Monday night when they rejected a plan to cut the school system's behind-the-wheel driver's education program.

By David McGee, Bristol Herald Courier, Va. Aug. 5--BRISTOL, Va. -- Citing possible overcrowding concerns and the cost of fuel, school leaders said Monday they plan to redraw some elementary school boundary lines.

By Debra McCown, Bristol Herald Courier, Va. Aug. 5--ABINGDON, Va. -- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday that will stop logging on Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County. The ruling came after a Friday hearing in which two environmental groups requested that the work be stopped.

By Debra McCown, Bristol Herald Courier, Va. Aug. 5--ABINGDON, Va. -- After an in-service training session last week, some Washington County, Va., school teachers are preparing to implement a curriculum on climate change and environmental stewardship.