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March 15th, 2015 10:00 am by Staff Report

Take a look back at some of the most interesting and important stories this past week on TimesNews.net.

* Kingsport officials have no plans to remove bike lanes on Center

There are no plans afoot nor support among city leaders to change Center Street through downtown back to the way it used to be. In short, the road diet and bike lanes are here to stay.

* Dozens of explosions at UVA-Wise rattle residents

After three weeks of being slammed by crippling snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice and, to top all that off, floods, folks in and around the Town of Wise on Tuesday were understandably rattled by the repeated sound of explosions in the vicinity of The University of Virginia's College at Wise.

* Local mother advocates for the legalization of cannabis oil to help combat daughter's seizures

Infantile spasms are a specific type of seizure, occurring within the first year of life, seen in an epilepsy syndrome of infancy, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Some infants can have dozens of clusters and several hundred spasms per day.

* Couple rescue puppy in garbage bag dumped on the side of Hawkins road

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