Niswonger Children’s Hospital earns A+ for asthma care
Niswonger Children’s Hospital has achieved a perfect score for meeting all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services core measures for children’s asthma care for 12 straight months.
View ArticleETSU scientist researching impact of hormones on chlamydial infections
In an effort to better understand the impact of hormones on chlamydial infections, one East Tennessee State University scientist is researching the ways certain hormones communicate with cells in the...
View ArticleBlood Assurance to hold public blood drives
Blood Assurance Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations:
View ArticleETSU fellow receives grant to study prescription drug abuse on college campuses
A $40,000 grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents is helping one East Tennessee State University fellow continue his long-standing interest in studying prescription drug abuse.
View ArticleCASA of Northeast Tennessee seeking volunteers
CASA of Northeast needs volunteers to serve as an advocate for abused and neglected children. Training classes start at the end of this month.
View ArticleThe person that marriage has made me become
The other day, two little neighborhood girls came knocking at my door. They had long straight hair, big imploring eyes, and they were dutifully wearing their Girl Scout sashes.
View ArticleTrain excursion to support Chuckey Depot restoration in Jonesborough
Love trains? How about historic train depots?
View ArticleParamount Chamber Players to perform at St. Paul's
The Paramount Chamber Players will present “Ancient, Modern and the In-between” in an East Tennessee State University Guest Artist Recital on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal...
View ArticleSome political thoughts from a pundit's notebook
This week I offer a few notes from a political pundit’s notebook. I’ll start with the Republican presidential primary here in Tennessee.
View ArticleTake time today to talk to your sweetheart
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate the one you love. It is traditionally a day to give roses, cards and boxes of chocolate to spouses, sweethearts or close friends.
View ArticleLetters: Becoming ‘plum blue’ about Blue Plum
Upon reading the article in this past weeks Johnson City Press concerning the moving of the Blue Plum Festival to Founders Park, I must admit I was disheartened. Additionally, it seems the Blue Plum...
View ArticleBring back George Washington's Birthday
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their own history”
View ArticleComedian Drew Lynch to appear at ETSU
At age 20, Indianapolis native and performing arts school graduate Drew Lynch had a promising career in television to look forward to. The Los Angeles transplant was scheduled for callback auditions...
View ArticleDharma & Meditation Center to hold meditation event
A discussion session plus guided and silent meditations will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, from 1-3 p.m. at the Appalachian Dharma & Meditation Center, 108 W. 10th Ave., Suite 3.
View ArticleEntry fee for Deerslayer 5K set to rise
The entry fee for the Deerslayer 5K Obstacle Course Race and Fun Run goes up to $55 per person from the current rate of $50 after Monday, Feb. 15, race organizers said. The race is set for April 16 at...
View ArticleHappenings at area libraries
The Washington County Library System will have a Black History Month book discussion on “Native Son” by Richard White on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Jonesborough Library.
View ArticleCould the Blue Plum Festival have survived without financial restructuring?
At 35 years of age, in 2013, Asheville’s free Bele Chere — art, music and cuisine — festival essentially died off when the city cited a lack of funding for what was offered.
View ArticlePedestrian killed in Kingsport; blood-alcohol test ordered for driver
KINGSPORT — Police were investigating a fatal accident that occurred Saturday evening on East Stone Drive and had ordered a blood-alcohol test for the driver involved.
View ArticleNew York weighs new approach to high child care costs
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York may allow the parents of young children to defer a piece of their state income taxes to help cover the cost of child care.
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