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Bristol’s Vietnam-era helicopter in for paint job

By EVE BRITTON - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY OCT. 1 AND THEREAFTER - JIn an Aug. 18, 2016 photo, Pennsbury officials, from left, Dr. Donna Dunar, Assistant Superintendent, Gary McManus, Math Supervisor K-12, and Kim Walter, Math Specialist, Quarry Hill Elementary, pose with products from their new math program they will use, Everyday Mathematics from McGraw Hill, at the Pennsbury administration offices, in Falls Township, Pa. The Pennsbury School District invested almost $620,000 earlier this year in new textbooks and online teaching tools that are aligned with the state's goals and expectations for what students should be able to do at each grade level in math, English language arts and other core subjects in K-12 public schools. (Joan Hellyer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)

School districts spending big bucks on teaching materials

By JOAN HELLYER - Associated Press

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016 in Bristol, Tenn. The race was delayed Saturday night due to severe weather. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Kevin Harvick wins rain-delayed NASCAR race at Bristol

By Pete Iacobelli - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2006 file photo, a large dozer sit ready for work at Peabody Energy's Gateway Coal Mine near Coulterville, Ill. A 10 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions will mean a decline of 180 million tons, or 18 percent, in U.S. coal production, according to Bernstein Research. That would hurt miners such as Peabody Energy, Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Alpha sells Pa. coal subsidiary to Rosebud Mining for $86m

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A main street jam session at Bristol, Virginia Rhythm and Roots Reunion. Every September, the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion brings together string talent from around the country for three days in downtown Bristol. (Corinna Lothar/ Special to the Washington Times)

Arts, wine, crafts beckon in Southwest Virginia

By Corinna Lothar — Special to The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2014 photo, a large sign spans State Street dividing Virginia and Tennessee in downtown Bristol, Va. The sounds of some of the earliest country music recordings are filling a new museum. But the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is not located in Nashville. Instead, it’s in Bristol, a small town on the Tennessee-Virginia line. The museum aims to tell the story of the Bristol Sessions, a series of historic recording sessions that took place here in 1927 and helped spread what was then known as “hillbilly music” to the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin).

New museum marks the “Birthplace of Country Music”

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

Joey Logano celebrates his win in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Bristol Herald-Courier, Andre Teague)

Joey Logano gets first win at Bristol as Kenseth’s gamble fails

By Hank Kurz Jr. - Associated Press

Cost-cutting helps Alpha Natural narrow 1Q loss

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Boater goes overboard on Delaware River in Pa.

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Search for man in river is on hold

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