Caleb Perhne
Weekend Evening Anchor at WCYB-TV (Bristol, VA)
Weekend Evening Anchor at WEMT-TV
Weekend evening anchor and Johnson City reporter for @news5wcyb. News tips? DM or email [email protected].
Articles
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1 week ago |
wcyb.com | Caleb Perhne
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Washington County, Tennessee commissioners are set to vote Wednesday night on the budget and tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year. Despite no tax increase, there are concerns about the future of school funding. The county’s budget keeps the current $1.71 property tax rate, but achieving that means moving some capital projects money to the general fund and rejecting the school system's request for an additional $4 million.
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1 week ago |
wcyb.com | Caleb Perhne
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol, Tennessee city council members are meeting Thursday night to consider a nearly 25 percent increase to the property tax rate. A city spokesperson says that would bring the rate to $1.92 per $100 of assessed value. The meeting Thursday night is expected to include a public hearing where you can make your voice heard. That proposal is stirring up controversy among residents.
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3 weeks ago |
wcyb.com | Caleb Perhne
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Johnson City commissioners are set to take their final vote Thursday on zoning changes for cryptocurrency mines. It comes amid new comments from a mine owner suggesting the company is still working on plans to move to the city. The proposal would add data centers including cryptocurrency mines as a permitted use in the I-2 heavy industrial district. It comes with restrictions on buffers near homes and the requirement that operations be in a closed building.
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3 weeks ago |
wcyb.com | Caleb Perhne
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. — More than three years after plans first began forming for a local farmer-owned meat processing facility, that facility is now open. The 16,000 square foot Appalachian Producers Cooperative cost more than $10 million to build. “It's been a major undertaking,” general manager, Mark Zinnanti said.
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3 weeks ago |
wcyb.com | Caleb Perhne
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WCYB) — Eastman Chemical Company confirmed Monday a $375 million grant to help build a molecular plastic recycling plant is among those canceled by the U.S. Department of Energy. The award is among 24 projects canceled, totaling more than $3.7 billion.
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