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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 ... Read more

by Our View, Tuesday, August 25, 2020 3:12 pm

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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 ... Read more

by Our View, Friday, August 21, 2020 3:49 pm

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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 ... Read more

by Our View, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 9:15 am

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Unemployment benefits helped many families stay afloat

An interesting fact about the “enhanced unemployment” benefit, which ended at the end of July is that they resulted in payouts that were some one-third higher ... Read more

by Our View, Friday, August 14, 2020 11:59 am

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Adaptability imperative as schools reopen

Elizabethton schools opened this week for the new year. Carter County schools are doing virtual learning for the time being. There’s ongoing debate about fall ... Read more

by Our View, Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:19 pm

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Much uncertainty as schools set to re-open

There’s much uncertainty on the part of both teachers and parents as school is set to re-open in Elizabethton and Carter County. Across the state ... Read more

by Our View, Friday, August 7, 2020 4:21 pm

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TVA needs to get its act together

President Donald Trump took the right action Monday when he fired TVA chairman Skip Thompson and board member Richard Howorth for their actions for hiring ... Read more

by Our View, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:06 pm

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Finding deeper appreciation in trying times

We are living in a trying time — schools are trying to figure out a way to re-open safely; some churches have re-opened, others are still ... Read more

by Our View, Friday, July 31, 2020 3:59 pm

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Sales tax weekend could add to pandemic woes

The back-to-school tax-free holiday on clothes, school supplies, and computers begins Friday in Tennessee and continues through Sunday. Schools may not reopen, and the “tax-free ... Read more

by Our View, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 3:25 pm

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Great American Outdoors Act is good for Tennessee, Carter County

Having passed the U.S. Senate by a strong 73-25 vote this week and expected to win approval in the House quickly, the Great American Outdoors ... Read more

by Our View, Friday, July 24, 2020 4:28 pm

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