News Staff Elizabethton City Schools says it will have increased health and hygiene standards that include cleaning and sanitation of high-contact areas and hand sanitation stations available in all buildings as part of its plan for reopening schools this year.According to a release from ECS, the school system will continue with its traditional five-day school week while … Read more
It’s time for the annual Unted Way campaign and the organization is kicking off its annual fundraising event with “Best of Johnson City” nominee, Project BBQ.The United Way of East Tennessee Highlands will be hosting a kickoff event on August 5 in the parking lot behind HomeTrust Bank at 1907 N Roan Street. The event … Read more
So far the reward fund in the case of Summer Wells stands at just over 39-thousand dollars and the Church Hill Rescue Squad says it will no longer be the lead agency for orchestrating any additional searches for missing Hawkins County 5-year-old Summer Wells.Instead, the agency says any future searches will be through the sheriff’s … Read more
Southwest Virginia students will have the option to learn online this year through a new virtual academy.The Region VII Virtual Academy is the first regional approach in the Commonwealth to offer online learning.Thee academy’s new director is a former Washington County, VA administrator who says it was designed out of necessity as a result of … Read more
East Tennessee State University seeks participants who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 experiencing symptoms 90 days after recovery for a new study.Researchers aim to survey those known as “long haulers,” people who experience lingering symptoms after having had COVID-19.The long haul study requires participants to be at least 18 years old who received a diagnosis … Read more
A non-profit search and recovery group plans to reinvigorate the ground search for missing Hawkins county 5-year-old Summer this weekend.With roughly 20 professional searchers coming to the Beech Creek community this weekend, the Equusearch Midwest organization hopes to find Summer or at least some clue as to where the 5-year-old might be.Using searchers on foot, … Read more
While the health risk is being described as very low, Ballad Health has released a statement after 100 patients received letters informing them of a “medication incident” that might have occurred during a hospital visit.The letter states it was sent to notify the recipient that a possible incident that could have happened at the Johnson … Read more
The Tennessee Building Commission has approved the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Tennessee State Capitol.The vote was 5-2, with Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton voting no.Gov. Bill Lee has indicated the bust could be moved as early as this weekend. Plans are to relocate it … Read more
Clothing, school supplies, and computers are the focus of the first 2021, the state of Tennessee sales tax holidays, as the state’s General Assembly approved two additional holidays on top of the traditional sales tax holiday for clothing, school supplies, and computers.The state’s traditional sales tax holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. on July 30 … Read more
Bristol Virginia Public Schools has released a back-to-school plan for the 2021-2022 school year, that involves three tiers.According to the school district’s plan, BVPS will start classes again in August “under as normal circumstances as possible.”The three tiers of operation laid out in the plan are contingent upon the state of COVID-19 in the schools … Read more