News Staff If you hate filling out your annual tax returns, Tusculum University is offering free assistance.According to a release from Tusculum, the school is participating in its fifth Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in 2021.Services will be available on-campus in Greeneville and at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Johnson City. The service will be available in February, … Read more
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued a writ of election declaring a special election in the 38th District for March 23 of 2021. The seat was previously held by the late Senator Ben Chafin, Jr, who passed away Jaunary 1. Northam is charged with setting the special election date when a vacany occurs in the General … Read more
Officials with the Sullivan County Regional Health Department said the Bristol Dragway COVID-19 vaccination site will be closed on Wednesday.The health department’s emergency response coordinator Mark Moody said the Dragway site would reopen for vaccinations Thursday.“We have to have time to restock and replenish all of our supplies out here, and get vaccine ready to … Read more
The Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office is getting the word out about a Safe at Home address confidentiality program.As part of the “Protect Your Address. Protect Yourself.” campaign, Safe at Home prevents abusers from locating their victims through public records.Applicants are given a substitute address that may be used for legal purposes.Under current law, most … Read more
A new mini grant program designed to provide Bristol, Tennessee food and beverage businesses with outdoor dining equipment has been announced.According to a release from Believe in Bristol, the program was launched in response to the economic burdens COVID-19 has placed on small businesses in the community.Believe in Bristol will be able to offer qualifying … Read more
School leaders approved the names, mascots, and colors of the new schools that will be created by converting Sullivan Central and Sullivan South high schools into middle schools.”Sullivan Central High School” will become “Sullivan Central Middle School”. The Sullivan County Board of Education kept the Cougars mascot and the school will use orange, Gray and … Read more
McPheeters Bend Elementary near Church Hill is one of 197 schools across seven states to be awarded a share of $800,000 in grants intended to develop STEM education projects across the Tennessee Valley.The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with TVA retiree organization Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated, announced the grants Friday, which also include Sullivan County awards … Read more
A Jonesborough man is jailed Monday and is scheduled for arraignment on gun, resisting arrest and numerous drug charges. Johnson City Police tells us, 37 year old Cheyenne Lowery of 170 Hall Road, Jonesborough was originally wanted for felony evading from both Johnson City and Jonesborough when police located him at a local hotel. During … Read more
Dr. Timir Paul of East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine recently received a $200,000 research grant from the University of Texas Southwestern to evaluate the “real world” effectiveness and use of non-stent and stent-based therapies among patients treated with peripheral artery disease.Peripheral artery disease is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries serving the … Read more
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is hosting a free virtual speaker series in 2021,.The series debuts with Paula Johnson on Tuesday, January 12. Paula is the Food History Curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.The program will begin at 7 pm.