Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum have discovered something surprisingly familiar among the site’s exotic ...

Carter County officials have purchased 113 automated external defibrillators to be placed in schools, sheriff’s patrol vehicles, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services trucks that ...

Reverend Gene R. Cornett went home to be with the Lord surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at his home in Watauga at the age of 87. Gene was born in Carter County on Aug. 13, 1938, to ...

The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) is deeply concerned by newly released state data showing that Gov. Lee’s school voucher program provides more funding per student than Tennessee’s public ...

James (Jim) Wilkie Bishop, age 82, died Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Brookdale of Johnson City after a lengthy illness. He was born to Wilkie Snyder Bishop and Gladys Campbell Bishop on April 18, ...

BY NORMA MORRISON Sodaba Hurmat, a volunteer with Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), recently traveled to the nation’s capital to meet with congressional representatives and their staff, advocating for ...

BY SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN Under the Biden administration, crime soared — especially among violent offenders. Between 2020 and 2023, the per capita violent crime rate increased by 55 percent, according ...

Due to shifts in enrollment, Milligan University has announced it will be refining its academic portfolio and will no longer ...

The Covered Bridge Jams summer concert series is back for its 11th year, bringing live music to Covered Bridge Park nearly ...

Tennessee drivers continue to enjoy relatively stable gas prices as the state average dipped to $2.74 per gallon on Monday.

The City of Elizabethton Engineering Department, working with local traffic engineers, has completed a traffic signal study ...

Citizens Bank is proud to announce the promotion of Matt Lewis to senior vice president, network manager. Based at the Broad ...