Kingsport-Bristol Economic News
- Tri-Cities New Home Market Lags Regional 2012 Improvements
(Kingsport Trends, January 27, 2013) - There's More to the Labor Market Than Unemployment Rates
(Kingsport Trends, January 27, 2013) - Bell Helicopter to Expand Piney Flats Operation
(Tennessee State website, December 20, 2012) - Region Continues to Add Jobs, Tri-Cities Unemployment Rate Drops
(Times News, November 12, 2012)
- Glass Maker AGC Closing Kingsport Plant
(News Sentinel, November 7, 2012)
- Exide to Lay Off 167 Workers Next Month
(Times News, November 1, 2012) - Early Data: Sept. Kingsport-Bristol Nonfarm Job, Weekly Wage Increase
(Times News, October 21, 2012)
- Home Sales, Prices Up in Kingsport, Bristol, Elizabethton, Greeneville
(Times News, September 22, 2012)
- Most Kingsport-Bristol Job Sectors Show August Growth
(Times News, September 24, 2012) - Bristol, Va.-Based Alpha Natural Resources Cuts 1,200 Workers
(Times News, September 18, 2012)
- Kingsport's New Home Market in Low Gear
(Times News, September 8, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol Home Prices Dip, Foreclosures Exert More Pressure
(Times News, September 5, 2012)
- New Call Center to Hire 548 in Bristol, Tennessee
(Times News, August 30, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol New Home Construction Improves at Snail's Pace
(Kingsport Trends, August 30, 2012) - Kingsport-Bristol Delinquent Mortgage Rate Continues Trending Down
(Kingsport Trends, August 28, 2012) - Kingsport-Bristol Foreclosure Rate Continues Slow Decline
(Kingsport Trends, August 27, 2012) - Bristol, Tennessee, July Jobless Rate and Number of Jobs Down
(Kingsport Trends, August 26, 2012)
- Kingsport July Jobless Rate Down, Jobs Level Seeking 'New Normal'
(Times News, August 26, 2012) - July Homes Sales, Prices for Tri-Cities Region Cities
(Kingsport Trends, August 26, 2012) - Kingsport YTD Home Prices Highest in 5 Years, July Sales Up
(Kingsport Trends, August 26, 2012) - Bristol, Tennessee, July Home Prices Up, Sales Trending Higher
(Kingsport Trends, August 26, 2012) - Bristol, Virginia, Home Prices Hit 12-Month High, Sales Soft
(Kingsport Trends, August 24, 2012)
- Retail Patterns Shift Across Tri-Cities Metropolitan Region
(Times News, August 21, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol Only TN MSA Posting Monthly Sales Tax Collection Gain
(Times News, August 18, 2012)
- Kingsport Foreclosure Filings Trending Lower
(Kingsport Trends, August 10, 2012) - Bristol Foreclosure Filings Tick Up in July, Trending Down
(Kingsport Trends, August 10, 2012) - Kingsport-Bristol Home Price Index Down in June, but...
(Kingsport Trends, August 9, 2012)
- Kingsport New Home Building in Slow-Growth Mode
(Times News, August 4, 2012)
- Sullivan Sales Tax Revenues Up 5.49% over Prior Year
(Times News, August 1, 2012)
- Business Boost: Softball Tournament
(Johnson City Press, July 31, 2012)
- Kingsport Jobless Rate at 8.4%, 2nd Worst Job Creation Month This Year
(Times News, July 29, 2012)
- Kingsort-Bristol Sales Tax Collection Down for 3rd Month
(Times News, July 22, 2012)
- Kingsport Foreclosure Filings Follow National Uptrend
(Times News, July 12, 2012)
- Kingsport New Home Permits Up Again in June, Inventory Still an Issue
(Times News, July 8, 2012) - Five Kingsport-Bristol Job Sectors Up in May
(Times News, June 20, 2012)
- Retail Sales Spike in Bristol, Report Says
(TriCities.com, June 15, 2012)
- Tri-Cities Retail Sales Up 8.9% in First Quarter
(Times News, June 13, 2012)
- Sullivan County Sales Tax Collections Down for the Month, Up for the Year
(Times News, June 13, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol Drops Off National Home Builders' Improving Markets
(Times News, June 13, 2012) - New Home Building Up in Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City MSAs
(Times News, May 28, 2012) - Kingsport Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.3 Percent
(Times News, May 28, 2012) - Kingsport-Bristol April Sales Tax Collections Up
(Times News, May 25, 2012)
- Kingsport Ranks 303rd for Annual Pay
(Nashville Business Journal, May 21, 2012)
- Government Job Sector Shows Biggest Drop in Kingsport-Bristol
(Times News, May 21, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol Foreclosure Filings Exceed National Rate
(Times News, May 19, 2012)
- Lower Unemployment Fed by Shrinking Labor Force
(Times News, May 17, 2012) - New Database Lists 669 Open Jobs in Kingsport Area
(Times News, May 15, 2012)
- Pace of Job Growth Slows in Region
(Times News, May 14, 2012)
- Tennessee Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level since 2006
(Times News, May 14, 2012)
- Charts That Should Make Kingsport-Bristol Home Owners Smile
(Times News, May 13, 2012) - Kingsport New Home Construction Slips Back to Status Quo
(Times News, May 14, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol Delinquent Mortgage Rates Up
(Times News, May 5, 2012)
- Local Consumers Spending at Higher Pace Than National Rate
(Times News, May 1, 2012)
- Local Labor Market May Be Plateauing to New Normal
(Times News, April 29, 2012)
- Tri-Cities New Home Building Sees Q1 Increase
(Times News, April 24, 2012)
- Kingsport New Home Construction Up in March
(Times News, April 5, 2012)
- Kingsport's Economy Posts Encouraging Results in February
(Times News, April 1, 2012)
- New Home Shortage Nettles Recruiters, Builders, Realtors
(Times News, March 25, 2012)
- Kingsport Foreclosure Filings Follow National Uptrend
(Times News, March 16, 2012)
- Pyott Boone Electronics to Expand, Add 80 Jobs in Tazewell
(TriCities.com, March 15, 2012)
- Kingsport Permits Show Uptick in February Construction
(TriCities.com, March 7, 2012) - Home Prices and Home Price Index Show Slightly Different Stories
(TriCities.com, March 2, 2012) - 100 Jobs Returning to Church Hill Glass Plant
(TriCities.com, Jan. 30, 2012) - Kingsport, Johnson City Annual Home Prices at Three-Year High
(Times News, Jan. 26, 2012) - Foreclosures Plague Sullivan County Housing Market in 2011
(Times News, Jan. 14, 2012)
- Kingsport-Bristol on Improving Housing Markets List
(Times News, Jan. 10, 2012)
- Job Creation Tops Kingsport-Bristol November Economic Report Card
(Times News, Dec. 30, 2011)
- Tri-Cities Job Picture Better Than UT's Tennessee Recovery Projection
(Times News, Dec. 15, 2011) - New Home Sales Suggest Market Strengthening in Kingsport Market
(Times News, Dec. 14, 2011) - Bristol Compressors to Eliminate 250 Full-Time Jobs
(Johnson City Press, Dec. 6, 2011) - Manufacturer to Add Second Location in Rogersville, Create 85 Jobs
(Times News, Dec. 1, 2011) - Weekly Average Wage in Kingsport-Bristol Up in Oct., State's Lowest
(Times News, Nov. 28, 2011) - Sprint Draws Incentives in Move From Virginia to Tennessee
(News Sentinel, Nov. 25, 2011) - Kingsport Glass Plant Could Lay Off 100 Workers
(News Sentinel, Nov. 22, 2011) - Exide Laying Off 236 Bristol Workers
(News Sentinel, Nov. 8, 2011) - AGC Scaling Back at Kingsport Plant
(Times News, Nov. 7, 2011)
- New Kingsport Retail Development to Create Regional Jobs
(TriCities.com, Nov. 7, 2011)
- Exide Closure Could Idle 500 Workers
(Times News, Nov. 7, 2011) - ACT Looking to Fill 200 Positions at Call Center
(TriCities.com, Oct. 21, 2011) - NETWORKS Surpasses Job, Investment Goals for 2011
(Times News, Oct. 21) - Layoffs Coming to Johnson City Golf Courses
(Tricities.com, Oct. 11, 2011) - Tri-Cities Strong Retail Sales Increase Driven by Job Creation
(Times News, Sept. 7, 2011) - King College Releases Labor Market Study
(Times News, Sept. 3, 2011) - Ireland Company to Employ 450 at New Kingsport Auto Parts Plant
(News Sentinel, Aug. 23, 2011)
- Pfizer Ending Manufacturing at Bristol Plant
(News Sentinel, Aug. 10, 2011)
- Former Touchstone CEO Launches Jobs Website
(TriCities.com, Aug. 8, 2011)
- Moody's Says Tenn. among States That Would Be Hit Hardest by Default
(Times News, July 28, 2011)
- Sullivan Co. Economic Stress Index Drops for Fourth Straight Month
(Times News, July 25, 2011 - Auto Supplier Locates in Bristol
(Times Free Press, June 30, 2011) - Tri-Cities Economic Trends Graphs
- Tri-Cities Voted Eighth Best U.S. Location to Start Over
(TriCities.com, June 17, 2011)
- May Sees Big Influx of Bank Owned Properties on Sullivan Co. Market
(Times News, June 16, 2011) - $1.5 Million Home Leads Kingsport May New Residential Permits
(Times News, June 7, 2011)
- REO Trend Good News for Lenders, Not so Good for Buyers
(Times News, May 30, 2011) - State Budget Designates $10 Million for Potential Phipps Bend Project
(TriCities.com, May 24, 2011) - East Tennessee Companies Announce Closures, Layoffs
(News Sentinel, May 23, 2011)
- Touchstone Wireless to Close Bristol Facility; Layoffs to Begin July 31
(Times News, May 17, 2011) - Kingsport-Bristol Educational-Health Services Sector Seeks 'New Normal'
(Times News blog, May 17, 2011) - Local Economic Stress Index at Lowest Point This Year
(Times News blog, May 11, 2011)
- 17.9% of Sullivan County's Population Receiving Food Stamps
(Times News blog, May 5, 2011)
- Kingsport New Home Starts Hit Year-to-Year High
(Times News blog, May 3, 2011)
- Eastman to Pay $6.5 Million to Employees in Kingsport
(TriCities.com, May 2, 2011)