Church News
Sunset Free Will VBS provides kids with new camping experience
You don’t usually get to go camping in Vacation Bible School. But children in Sunset Free Will Baptist ... Read more
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Editorials
Shelter deserves support, pets deserve home
Running an animal shelter is a hard, professional task. Dogs and cats can’t just be left unchecked in ... Read more
Editorials
Celebrate Elizabethton’s Covered Bridge this week
Just as sure as June appears on the calendar each year, so does the annual Covered Bridge Celebration, ... Read more
Local news
Committee approves transfer from road department emergency fund balance
The Budget Committee of the Carter County Commission voted Monday evening to approve a request by Road Superintendent ... Read more
Local news
Church makes dresses for Haitian orphans
Imagine the smile on a young girl’s face when she is presented a new dress created by loving ... Read more
Local news
Legislation would add 4,446 acres to Big Laurel Branch Wilderness Area
The Big Laurel Branch Wilderness Area in Carter and Johnson Counties is among wilderness land in the Cherokee ... Read more
Community
92-year-old remembers ‘simple but full life’
JOHNSON CITY — Geneva Whitehead Smalling, at 92, has a wealth of memories — some that younger generations ... Read more
Local news
Bill Birchfield of the legendary Roan Mountain Hilltoppers dies
Bill Birchfield, a longtime musician and member of the nationally renowned Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, died Friday. Family members ... Read more
Local news
Someone you know goes to bed hungry
Hunger is definitely not a game in Carter County, and chances are there are more people around you ... Read more
Local news
Gone are days when you could buy Red Rooster gum for a nickel
Elizabethton was a unique town in the early part of the last century. The 1890s and the first ... Read more