Elizabethton Housing and Development Agency gets perfect score
ELIZABETHTON — The Elizabethton Housing and Development Agency has had a long string of outstanding inspections and assessments, but the most recent Section Eight Management Assessment Program was...
View ArticleCity Council to approve four upcoming races
ELIZABETHTON — With the coming of warm weather, a lot of outdoor athletic events are taking place.
View ArticleCyclones edge Bucs, 1-0, for Three Rivers win
ELIZABETHTON — First strike was also the last strike.
View ArticleWild and Wacky lives up to its name
ELIZABETHTON — There are not many places these days where children can make a mess.
View ArticlePlant auction set for Sycamore Shoals
ELIZABETHTON — Dogwood winter is now over, and it is time to start putting plants in the ground. As always, the East Tennessee Nursery Association will be ready to provide eager gardeners with some...
View ArticleCarter school juniors attend ACT "boot camp"
Carter County School System juniors attended a “boot camp” at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton on April 4 and April 5.
View ArticleCommissioners tour Boones Creek schools in bid for funding
Boones Creek’s schools are plagued with safety, maintenance and disability access issues, Washington County school officials told county commissioners Tuesday in the latest bid to secure funding to...
View ArticleWestmoreland hurls Science Hill past Boone
Reece Westmoreland fanned eight batters as Science Hill cooled off red-hot Daniel Boone on Tuesday evening.
View ArticleSouth Greene blanks University High
Justin Casteel threw a one-hitter to lead South Greene to a 10-0 victory over University High on Tuesday afternoon at ETSU’s Thomas Stadium.
View ArticleCoalition for Kids set to grow
Hundreds of supporters and friends gathered at the new Coalition for Kids facility on Susannah Street on Tuesday evening to celebrate the building’s grand opening and tour the results of more than 18...
View ArticleLocal dentist: Jonesborough BMA shouldn't base fluoride decision on...
A local Jonesborough dentist said Tuesday the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Alderman should base its decision to remove fluoride form the town’s water system on facts and not misinformation.
View ArticleBig money is now doing the leading in state government
As I write this the Tennessee General Assembly is nearing the end of perhaps one of its most unproductive sessions ever. It’s an election year, you see, and that made all the difference.
View ArticleLetters: Green paper is poisoning our country
Albert Einstein once said,”There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and the stupidity of humanity, and I’m not sure about the first.” Recent events have proven him tragically correct.
View ArticleThe benefits of fluoride shouldn't be dismissed
The Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Alderman is considering the idea of removing fluoride from its municipal water system. Leaders of Tennessee’s oldest town say they want public input before making a...
View ArticleGroups join up to protect 488 acres of forested land on Buffalo Mountain
Two leading nonprofit conservation organizations have become joint owners and managers of a 488-acre forested tract on Buffalo Mountain in Northeast Tennessee.
View ArticleMarijuana referendum bill dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that would have allowed Tennesseans to weigh in on whether to decriminalize possession of low-level amounts of marijuana has failed in the Legislature.
View ArticleSpace Needle jumper identified as Pigeon Forge man
GATLINBURG — The Gatlinburg Police Department has released the name of the man who jumped from the Space Needle to his death on Monday evening.
View ArticleMurderers are mentors in prison once notorious for violence
ANGOLA, La. — A maximum-security prison in Louisiana once notorious for its violence is experimenting with a novel way to keep criminals out of trouble: Murderers and other “lifers” are now mentors,...
View ArticleBone fragments from WWII crashes returning from India
NEW DELHI — The tiny bone fragments formally turned over to the U.S. Wednesday carry a world of significance and perhaps closure for possibly a few American families who lost a loved one over the...
View ArticleNew details from police help shed light on Smith's shooting
NEW ORLEANS — A 9 mm handgun, loaded but unfired, was inside the Mercedes SUV of former Saints defensive end Will Smith when he stepped out to confront a Hummer driver carrying a 45-caliber gun the...
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