Congressional candidates take aim at socialism at GOP meeting
Bill Hagerty, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, joined other Republican congressional candidates speaking at a meeting of the Washington County Federated Republican Women on Monday in praising President...
View ArticleRhea to play in U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes
Say one thing for Jack Rhea. He knows how to pick golf courses. Rhea will be playing in his second U.S. Amateur next month and, like his first, it will be at an alluring venue. The U.S. Amateur will be...
View ArticleCarter County returns to electronic meetings as COVID-19 cases curve upward
ELIZABETHTON — With new authorizations from Gov. Bill Lee, the Carter County Commission is going back to holding remote electronic meetings in an effort to help prevent the spread of the novel...
View ArticleCarter Landfill Committee votes to raise tipping fees
ELIZABETHTON — The price of garbage disposal at the Carter County Landfill should be going up in October. The Landfill Committee of the Carter County Commission voted 5 to 2 to raise the tipping fees...
View ArticleDistrict 7: Alexander decries decline of rural communities, family farms
Rebecca Keefauver Alexander, who is challenging state Rep. Matthew Hill for the District 7 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, comes from six generations of Washington County farmers. She...
View ArticleDistrict 7: Hill says state has flourished under Republican leadership
State Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2004. Hill is a graduate of Northeast State Community College and East Tennessee State...
View ArticleETSU union petitions to keep adjunct jobs
A recent East Tennessee State University petition is asking university leadership to “preserve instruction at ETSU” and commit to “no layoffs for adjunct faculty.” The July 1 petition, addressed to...
View ArticleVideo of woman at Elizabethton rally making racist, homophobic remarks goes...
A video of a woman making racist and homophobic remarks Saturday during a protest in Elizabethton has gone viral with hundreds of thousands of views on various social media platforms. The...
View ArticleWild West? TSSAA may turn teams loose to find football opponents
Hidden behind the scenes in the TSSAA’s late-start plan for football is a quandary that fits this currently chaotic world. If the Board of Control selects Option No. 1 or No. 2 during Wednesday’s...
View ArticleSandra Kay Tucker
GRAY - Sandra Kay Tucker, 72, Gray, TN, died on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Johnson City Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.
View ArticleDean Rambo
Dean Rambo, 81, of the Greenwood community of Washington County, stopped farming on Friday, July 3, 2020. Son of the late Leland and Verlin Decker Rambo. Dean grew up farming and playing ball. He was a...
View ArticleLonnie Harold Archer
KINGSPORT – Lonnie Harold Archer, 91, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 3, 2020 at Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 pm Tuesday, July 7,...
View ArticleTennessee reports 724 new cases of COVID-19, 35 in NETN
Novel coronavirus in Tennessee by the numbers: — 724 new cases and 7 new deaths reported Tuesday. — 52,155 total cases since tracking began in March. 51,774 confirmed. 381 probable. — 653 total deaths....
View ArticleDavid Wayne Ford
David Wayne Ford, 58, passed away May 16, 2020. He was preceded in death by his father, John Wayne Ford. David served in the United States Navy before retiring as a Chief Yeoman after 23 years. He...
View ArticleCountry rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music...
View ArticleSpaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91
ROME (AP) — Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for...
View ArticleBristol man struck, killed by train
A 70-year-old Bristol man was killed Saturday after being hit by a Norfolk Southern Railroad train near Weaver Pike and Vance Tank Road, according to the Bristol, Tenn. Police Department. Luther W....
View Article6 seek 3 Washington County school board seats
In the Aug. 6 election, Washington County voters will choose three Board of Education members in District 2, the west side of Johnson City, all of Jonesborough, Sulphur Springs, Fall Branch and the...
View ArticleETSU Social Work professor developing transitional living for at-risk young...
Inspired by her teaching, research and service in the Department of Social Work at East Tennessee State University, Dr. Donna Cherry is undertaking a project to help homeless young adults in Johnson...
View ArticleBurgeoning local startup seen as guide for other fledgling companies
One of Andy Clark’s latest projects started when he learned a co-worker was using lavender oil to temporarily relieve pain caused by his shingles. “He would put some lavender oil on the tip of his...
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