Editorials
Mayor Barnett’s death is a devastating loss
News of Carter County Mayor Rusty Barnett’s death Monday rattled Carter County in a way only the sudden loss of a leader, mentor, and friend can. Barnett ...
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Editorials
Face masks really do matter with spread of COVID-19
Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight coronavirus, with growing evidence that facial coverings help prevent transmission — even ...
by Our View, Friday, September 18, 2020 3:27 pm
Editorials
Fall is on the way, time to get your flu shot
The summer that seemingly never was is about to end. This is the last full week of the season for 2020. The summer of 2020 ...
by Our View, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:09 pm
Editorials
Mail-in votes make postal service a necessity
We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating. The U.S. Postal Service is an organization we can’t afford to be without even if the numbers ...
by Our View, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:58 pm
Editorials
Time to get tough on littering in our community
Keep Carter County Beautiful Director Ed Jordan within recent days has repeatedly called attention to illegal dumping in the community and the unsightly mess it ...
by Our View, Friday, September 4, 2020 11:24 am
Editorials
Our schools have kids’ best interest at heart
Both Carter County and the Elizabethton School Systems are back to school, and for the most part have resumed in-person classes. However, both school systems ...
by Our View, Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:23 pm
Editorials
Although the mandate ends, continue wearing your face mask
After Gov. Bill Lee granted authority to local governments to declare mask mandates, some county mayors, including Carter County Mayor Rusty Barnett, have moved to ...
by Our View, Friday, August 28, 2020 2:34 pm
Editorials
Postal Service is an important U.S. institution
We address a letter or a package. We put it in the mail. Sometimes we wait in line at the post office. We pay the ...
by Our View, Tuesday, August 25, 2020 3:12 pm
Editorials
Make sure you vote counts in November
It turns out people will actually vote if you make it really, really easy for them. And judging by how enthusiastically voters participated in the August ...
by Our View, Friday, August 21, 2020 3:49 pm
Editorials
The fight for voting rights continues 100 years later
One hundred years ago on August 18, women got the right to vote when Tennessee’s legislature put the 19th Amendment over the top. Tennessee was ...
