Hank Hayes
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Kingsport, TN, United States
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Kingsport Times-News: ECU cuts ribbon on new Allandale branch
KINGSPORT — Eastman Credit Union (ECU) cut the ribbon Thursday on a new Allandale branch at the corner of West Stone Drive and Netherland Inn Road in the West Park development. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: ReVIDA takes on opioid abuse
Imagine for a moment that your business model, for the most part, revolves around one person – the opioid abuser. At least that’s the case for ReVIDA Recovery, a privately-held Nashville-based company setting up shop in our region with a number of rehabilitation centers. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Local housing market rebounds from soft January
The Tri-Cities area housing market snapped back from a 2019 soft opening with resales that outperformed both the February state and East Tennessee markets, according to a report released Thursday by the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Eastman announces layoffs, delayed raises
KINGSPORT – Eastman announced today it will be laying off an undisclosed number of workers and cited the U.S.-China trade dispute as one of the contributing factors for the move. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Bristol chopped from USDA relocation list
Last November, regional business leaders and elected officials launched an initiative to seek the USDA relocation to the former Alpha Natural Resources headquarters. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Advisory Council: Ballad Health needs 'improved communication' with community
A local advisory council’s annual report on Ballad Health’s Tennessee Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) has determined there needs to be “improved → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Eastman moves to address plastic waste by building advanced recycling facility
Eastman has announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in landfills and waterways. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Is the online free ride over?
A June 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned that physical presence rule and opened the way for states to expand sales tax collection requirements to more out-of-state sellers, according to an interim report of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Are you ready to invent?
Located at 118 Shelby Street, the Inventor Center adds to Kingsport’s developing entrepreneurial ecosystem. Places like the Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Streamworks, D-B Excel, SyncSpace and now the Inventor Center give Kingsport citizens a place to learn new skills, foster community or build a business. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: BAE looks to eliminate open burning
BAE pointed out the pursuit of the furnace technology is dependent on government funding. If funding is secured, the first step in implementing this technology would be to complete a design phase, which includes an explosive safety site plan submission along with state operating permit applications, according to BAE. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Airport, Northeast State relationship takes a major step
Northeast State announced during an Airport Authority meeting plans to relocate its Aviation Maintenance Technology program from Gray to a hangar to be built at the airport. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Airport director sees ‘huge potential’ for growth
Prior to accepting the position at Tri-Cities Airport, Gene Cossey served as the executive director of the University of Illinois – Willard Airport. During Cossey’s three years at Willard Airport, he expanded air service, developed new concessions and revenue sources, worked to develop the first airport master plan in more than 40 years, and managed construction projects for new taxiways,… → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: How big is UT's economic impact?
Overseeing it all is interim UT President Randy Boyd – the former Republican gubernatorial candidate – who noted during a meeting with members of the Times News Editorial Board that the university sends 11,800 graduates into the economy each year. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Drone bill advances in Tennessee legislature
Legislation that would increase the penalty for flying a drone over a “critical infrastructure facility” without the business operator’s consent from a misdemeanor to a felony advanced in the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The bill appears to have been written for Kingsport-based Eastman and other Tennessee companies. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Will Tennessee take that bet?
The issue of sports betting was opened up by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year, and other states have been quick to act. Eight states are already operating some form of legal sports betting and 21 states introduced legislation on the topic last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: NETAR: Shutdown is 'likely culprit' for slight home sales dip
NETAR reported on Friday that local single-family home sales fell by one closing in January compared to the same month last year. Closings on condominium and townhome sales were also down by one. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Meet Lindy White
White recently began her new duty as vice president and CEO of Ballad Health’s Kingsport Market Operations to lead Holston Valley Medical Center and Indian Path Community Hospital. In her most recent role, she served as CEO of Providence Northeast Hospital in Columbia, S.C., a part of Lifepoint Health. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Roe calls for tougher border security
That’s what U.S. Rep. Phil Roe told a Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast as the clock ticks down toward a Friday deadline for a conference committee to get a border security deal done or face another partial federal government shutdown. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Region's chambers back Ballad Health COPA
The support groups included the Kingsport, Bristol, Johnson City/Jonesborough/Washington County and Smyth County, Va., chambers, the Greene County Partnership and the Joint Economic Development Board of Unicoi County. Their joint letter also highlighted the many advantages and benefits the merger has produced throughout the region. → Read More
Kingsport Times-News: Lee: 'I want to have a clear understanding of the regulatory environment'
Lee’s Executive Order 5 outlines a 90-day freeze in which no executive branch department will file a new rule or regulation with the Secretary of State. During the freeze, the executive branch will develop a framework to better assess the costs and benefits of imposing a new regulation. → Read More