From f0b5f2b43244a0c84aff8e480a82284a27746058 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ball Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 12:28:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added two articles about Scott County sending Russell County a letter of opposition to the Moss 3 landfill proposed project. --- News/Bristol_Herald_Courier/README.md | 7 ++++++- News/Kingsport_Times_News/README.md | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/News/Bristol_Herald_Courier/README.md b/News/Bristol_Herald_Courier/README.md index 70bb2376..76b3f68d 100644 --- a/News/Bristol_Herald_Courier/README.md +++ b/News/Bristol_Herald_Courier/README.md @@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ Articles were sourced from Bristol Herald Courier website using the search featu ## Articles Regarding The Landfill +1. ### Scott board asks Russell County to reject private landfill bid + "[...] Scott County officials have expressed concern that if the river is harmed by the landfill, it could be detrimental to tourism in the county as well as a drinking water source. [...]" + + [2024-06-01. **Scott board asks Russell County to reject private landfill bid.** Kevin Mays. *Bristol Herald Courier.*](https://heraldcourier.com/news/local/government-politics/scott-board-asks-russell-county-to-reject-private-landfill-bid/article_79f3acce-1f61-11ef-bfdd-df96e40bfd19.html) + 1. ### Washington residents decry proposed Russell landfill - "[...] "It's the dumbest thing I have ever heard of,"âsaid Mary Lin Tate, an attorney and resident of Glade Spring, Virginia. "It's going to make a few people very, very wealthy. It's too dangerous." [...] " + "[...] "It's the dumbest thing I have ever heard of,"�said Mary Lin Tate, an attorney and resident of Glade Spring, Virginia. "It's going to make a few people very, very wealthy. It's too dangerous." [...] " [2024-05-30. **Washington residents decry proposed Russell landfill.** Joe Tennis. *Bristol Herald Courier.*](https://heraldcourier.com/news/local/government-politics/washington-residents-decry-proposed-russell-landfill/article_14ed81fe-1de2-11ef-b706-c32d391f8d78.html) diff --git a/News/Kingsport_Times_News/README.md b/News/Kingsport_Times_News/README.md index cf7daeca..47b27ccf 100644 --- a/News/Kingsport_Times_News/README.md +++ b/News/Kingsport_Times_News/README.md @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Articles were sourced from the Kingsport Times News website using the search fea ## Articles Regarding The Landfill +1. ### A river runs through it: Scott supervisors sending letter opposing Moss 3 landfill project + "[...] Friday’s Scott County Board of Supervisors special called meeting followed a request from Russell County Attorney and state Delegate Terry Kilgore, R-Gate City, for the Scott board not to send the latter approved at its May meeting. [...]" + + [2024-05-31. **A river runs through it: Scott supervisors sending letter opposing Moss 3 landfill project.** Mike Still. *Kingsport Times News.*](https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/a-river-runs-through-it-scott-supervisors-sending-letter-opposing-moss-3-landfill-project/article_af904bac-1f71-11ef-a3fe-7f0df4594cb0.html) + 1. ### Protesters out in the cold at Youngkin listening sessions "Protesters at two stops along Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Southwest Virginia listening tour Wednesday did not get a foot in the door. [...]"