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09/26/2025

Abby Burgner said she’s spent her whole life living near her grandparents, sharing the same property as them in Bumpus Cove.

09/26/2025

Johnson City-based United Way of the East Tennessee Highlands is helping spearhead the recovery groups, each of which has someone heading them.

09/26/2025

Since the Town of Mountain City killed a proposed bitcoin mine, Mountain Electric, whose CEO pushed for the company behind the proposal, said they have not spoken.

09/26/2025

As Helene pounded Northeast Tennessee last September, rivers in the region swelled over their banks and brought devastating flooding to the region.

Swept away in the storm were buildings, bridges and livelihoods as Helene fulfilled the role of “Storm of the Century,” and things happened so abruptly that, in some cases, it seemed like there wasn’t much warning beforehand about the dangerous river flooding. In the aftermath of the surge, qu...

09/26/2025

An investigation is ongoing after a prisoner died at Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City Tuesday, September 23.

09/26/2025

Helene damaged many types of infrastructure, but bridges were particularly vulnerable because of their proximity to water.

Helene damaged many types of infrastructure, but bridges were particularly vulnerable because of their proximity to water.

09/26/2025

Some of the action from Johnson County P*e Wee Football at Paul McEwen Stadium in Mountain City on Sept. 20.

09/26/2025

One year after the devastation brought forth by Hurricane Helene, organizations are still stepping up to rebuild our community.

09/26/2025

Crews collected more than 300,000 cubic yards of debris from Watauga Lake and Carter County streams, state officials said.

HAMPTON — Crews collected more than 300,000 cubic yards of debris from Watauga Lake and Carter County streams, state officials said.

09/25/2025

09/25/2025

Debris was collected under a Tennessee contract along four rivers and their tributaries in seven East Tennessee counties.

09/25/2025

On Sept. 19, the students at Johnson County Middle School got a visit from U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Wyrick, Executive Director of the University of Tennessee’s Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs Josh Dunn and ETSU student and pres…

On Sept. 19, the students at Johnson County Middle School got a visit from U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Wyrick, Executive Director of the University of Tennessee’s Baker School of Public