News Staff Northeast State Community College is hosting a week-long camp to help girls expand their academic success.Twenty-five 5th and 6th grade students are participating in the program. Organizers said they are engaging in several activities, including engineering, technology and welding. Teams have already built solar robots, which they’ll race at the end of the week.
Tennessee’s spring wild turkey season has ended, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports Greene County had the second-highest number of turkeys harvested in the state.The TWRA stated in a release that a total of 31,802 turkeys were harvested during the season. That represents a 6% increase from 2022 but a 2% decrease from … Read more
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has compiled figures from the state’s recently completed 2023 spring wild turkey hunting season. The total reported harvest is 31,802, a six percent increase from 2022 and a two percent decrease over the previous five-year average (32,495). East Tennessee (Region IV) reported 6,150 turkeys.The 2024 spring turkey season will be … Read more
The Washington County Johnson City Animal Shelter, and, like many summers before, the shelter has found itself at capacity with kittens and dogs.Currently, the shelter is taking care of over 475 animals on-site and has over an additional 145 animals in foster homes. With kitten season, it is not unusual for the shelter to take … Read more
There is an effort in the form of a petition to prevent a future tragedy after Tava Woodard a Johnson City convenience store clerk was shot and killed.A petition now has more than 600 signatures calling for Tava Woodard’s employer to install panic buttons at all its convenience stores, allowing clerks to call for police.“That … Read more
The Johnson City Board of Education has supported the city commission’s move to increase property taxes.At the board’s June meeting, members elected to send a letter to the Johnson City Commission in support of the body’s move to raise property taxes in the city under the next fiscal year budget. School board members wrote that … Read more
A new food pantry serving the Bulls Gap area, including residents of Greene, and Hawkins counties, is opening in the town of Bulls Gap. It’s slated to open on Saturday, July 22nd.One of the organizers of the pantry, Bulls Gap City Administrator Mike Solomon, said recently of the 12-foot by 16-foot space next to town … Read more
East Tennessee State University is being recognized as an outdoor lover’s dream. Earlier this year, readers of Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine named the university the 2023 Top Adventure College. From Clemson University to Virginia Tech, ETSU beat out a range of other schools throughout the South. Professors want current and potential students to know that … Read more
Five people were arrested some with warrants in other jurisdictions in Unicoi County after a three-month-long investigation, according to Sheriff Michael Hensley. Hensley stated in a release on social media that a search warrant was executed on a home on Trent Circle in the Fishery community. Investigators had been keeping the home under surveillance for … Read more
It’s now confirmed a fire that destroyed the Southern Craft BBQ Watauga Lake location was “electrical in nature,” the sheriff’s office is reporting.The Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) began an investigation after a man reportedly drove by the restaurant around 5:15 a.m. on June 8 and noticed the … Read more