News Staff The Salvation Army of Greater Kingsport passed out grocery gift cards and Christmas presents to 320 families on Tuesday during its annual Angel Tree distribution day. Staff, advisory board members and volunteers, including members of Vietnam Veterans 979, distributed colorful red packages filled with toys, books and clothes for each of the 712 angels in … Read more
Johnson City property owners have until Dec. 31 to pay their municipal taxes. Penalty and interest charges will begin to accrue on Jan. 1. Meanwhile, Washington County property owners have until Feb. 28 to settle their county tax bills without penalty charges.The Washington County Trustee’s offices will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on … Read more
Many offices, agencies and services throughout Greene County will shut down for the Christmas holiday.Offices in the Greene County annex, including the county clerk’s office, will close at noon Thursday and reopen Dec. 27. County convenience centers will be open until noon Saturday and will be closed Christmas Day.Greeneville town hall will close by noon … Read more
Crews with the Johnson City Fire Department responded to the 3000 block of Vicksburg Road shortly before noon to fight the flames. Officials say that crews noticed “heavy smoke and fire on arrival.” “First arriving fire crews found a pretty significant fire actively burning in different parts of the home upon their arrival,” says Fire … Read more
More than $2 million has been distributed through the Hurley Relief Fund following the devastating flooding in August 2021, according to Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Declared a federal major disaster, the program was created during the 2022 Virginia General Assembly and provided $11.4 million in aid. Governor Youngkin says the creation of the Hurley Flood Relief … Read more
Authorities from the Greenville Police Department say they found a body after putting out a car fire in a church parking lot Tuesday night.A release from the Greeneville Police Department (GPD) states that first responders arrived at Eastside Baptist Church at 8:02 p.m. in reference to a vehicle fire in a parking lot at 195 … Read more
Greene County, Tusculum, and Greeneville have been awarded a $100,000 economic development grant.The money will fund site studies on a 336-acre piece of land behind the old Greene Valley Development Center. The goal is to start a business park and then Tennessee plans to start a new college of applied technology at the old Greene … Read more
Kingsport authorities say that a check belonging to “an elderly woman in poor health on hospice care” was forged and cashed for $2,000.A release from the police department on Wednesday states it received a report of the incident in September 2022 but has not yet identified a suspect.Authorities say that the check was written to … Read more
Economic development at the former Greene Valley Developmental Center in Tusculum is moving ahead with the announcement that the Tusculum-Greeneville-Greene County Industrial Development Board will receive a $100,000 grant for some studies on 336 acres of undeveloped land.Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter announced that the Greene Valley … Read more
The YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) in Bristol offers survival swim classes, and they even have gift cards available for the holidays!The goal of survival swim lessons is if a child makes their way to water without a parent knowing it, they will have the tools to get to the surface, get a breath and … Read more