News Staff Debris burn permits are still required to burn leaf and brush piles in Tennessee.The permit requirement went into effect Oct. 15 and goes through May 15.Debris Burn Permits for leaf and brush piles are available at no charge via the MyTN mobile app or online at www.BurnSafeTN.org. Apply the same day you plan to burn. … Read more
A $1.5 million federal grant has been awarded to the First Utility District of Hawkins County “for water infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth.” According to a news release, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the grant.The grant will help provide water service capacity needed … Read more
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has begun selling annual parking tags ahead of a new requirement beginning March 1 to buy daily, weekly or annual tags to park any vehicle for more than 15 minutes.Park officials say the $40 annual tags can be bought online through the Great Smoky Mountains Association or at any of … Read more
Domtar has has resumed operations at the Kingsport Mill after being idle for nearly three years.Workers recently produced the mill’s first 100 percent recycled containerboard.This was after a two-year, $350 million investment to convert the plant from an uncoated fresh-sheet paper mill. The company will hold its official grand opening later this year.
With so many cases in the court system, the longstanding judicial rotation system in Greene County has changed. Criminal Court cases will now be heard every other month of the year, rather than just three months annually.Civil cases will he heard in alternating months. Circuit Court Judge Alex Pearson says the change “is basically an … Read more
The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD) released its annual statewide data profile recently that includes local and statewide statistics on Tennessee’s older adults, along with population projections. According to the report, 21% of older Greene County residents are so called cost-burdened homeowners, which means those older citizens are paying more than 30% of … Read more
A 35 year long employee of the Carver Recreation Center has been honored with a Tennessee Senate Proclamation Award. Herb Greenlee, director of the Carver Recreation Center, has been working for 35 years to make the center better for the community.Sen. Rusty Crowe presented the award to Greenlee at the recent Martin Luther King Jr. … Read more
A Johnson City man, Remington Tritt, has been arrested after he ‘negligently fired his handgun,’ resulting in the bullet almost hitting a child, police say.According to a release from the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD), officers responded to Regency Square in reference to alleged shots fired. Police then contacted Tritt after arriving on the scene. … Read more
Multiple evenets honoring MLK Jr day in Johnson City are happening throughout this month such as a Martin Luther King Jr. Student Art Exhibit at the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Elm St., Jonesborough, begins Monday and runs through Jan. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There will also … Read more
More than half a million dollars will be put into a Southwest Virginia agency to help deal with evictions. Family Crisis Support Services Executive Director Marybeth Adkins says an announcement by Governor Glenn Youngkin of the $550,000 Virginia Eviction Reduction Pilot Program means a 10% increase over its 2022 grant to develop ways to help … Read more