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A Life Lived: Patye Heaton’s can-do attitude helped her excel as a nurse and mother

Patye Church Heaton was one of those people who was just brave enough, smart enough, and stubborn enough…

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“Vaccs by the Tracks” event planned Saturday 

The Elizabethton High School Swim Team and the school athletic department will serve as hosts for a new…

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British Car Show To Celebrate ‘Drive Your British Car Week’ May 29 In Unicoi

Unicoi –  The Town of Unico and Appalachian British Car Society (ABCS) will host a car show Saturday,…

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Blossman Gas will host blood drive in Elizabethton

Blossman Gas & Appliance, located at 1121 US-19E, Elizabethton, invites the community to join them for a Customer…

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Horsepower 2021, Tweetsie celebration running back-to-back at Carter RR Museum

Prepare for two weekends filled with railroading history at East Tennessee State University. On May 29, the George…

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Northeast Tenn. Tourism Clean-Up removes more than three tons of roadside litter

The Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association hosted a litter clean-up day on May 22 at four locations throughout the area.…

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T.A. Dugger presents awards to top students for 2020-2021

BY IVAN SANDERS STAR STAFF ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com Working through the 2020-2021 school year was an obstacle like no other…

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ETSU receives final approval for four academic programs

JOHNSON CITY – At its spring commission meeting on May 20, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) granted…

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Planned new fire station nearly 30 years in the making

BY KEVIN GREEN STAR CORRESPONDENT kevin.green@thewritefacts.com HAMPTON—The residents of the Simerly Creek area of Carter County will have…

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ETSU’s Dr. Brenda Louw awarded Carnegie Fellowship for third time

JOHNSON CITY – Dr. Brenda Louw, professor in the Department Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at East Tennessee State University…