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New and ongoing unemployment claims in Northeast Tennessee dropped last week to their lowest levels since the COVID-19 pandemic began. That short-term encouraging news follows a report showing the region had almost 12,000 more people working in November than it had in October.Ongoing jobless claims in the eight-county region had been stuck in a tight … Read more

Officials with Lakeway Christian Schools confirmed with news outlets they plan to build a school in Washington County off of Fordtown Road.The location is not far from the Tri-Cities Crossing exit at the intersection of Interstate 81 and Interstate 26.

The McKinney Center in Jonesborough is looking for vendors and artists for a new series of markets in 2021.The series of five markets are designed to provide a safe environment for artists to sell their products, as well as help the McKinney Center recoup lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Vendors can register for one … Read more

A man injured in a December 19 collision in Johnson City has died.Robert Druggish, 68, of Tazewell, Virginia died January 2 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Wake Forest, NC.According to investigators, Druggish was traveling west on Bobby Hicks Hwy in a 2018 Ford Escape when he turned left into the path of a 2012 … Read more