Lisa Williams, director of the suboxone treatment program at Highlands Community Services in Abingdon, said one of the most difficult obstacles in combating prescription drug abuse is the availability of the drugs and the lack of viable treatment options.
Megan Shuler is a bright 14-year-old girl who makes A’s and B’s in school and has hopes of studying at Virginia Tech to become a veterinary technician.
During this time of year, pollen pursues its mission of fertilizing various flowering plants. But tree pollen is especially heavy this spring, and unintended targets, such as human noses, eyes, throats and lungs aren’t enamored by these frisky particles.
The cost to bring Carrie Underwood to East Tennessee State University worked out to an eye-popping $41,077 per song, or $7,120 a minute for the time she played.
About a dozen Virginia Middle School eighth-graders looked over the shoulder of technician Roy Hall on Wednesday as he repaired cell phones using a soldering iron and other tools.
Goff said one of the simplest steps the school system took was to switch from T-12 fluorescent bulbs to T-8 bulbs, which are about a half-inch thinner and consume less energy.
