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Kingsport Church opens pumpkin patch sales, fall festival this weekend
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Kingsport church is ready to help people ring in the fall season. Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church is holding a pumpkin sale with all kinds of pumpkins and gourds for the front porch. Rev. J. David Randolph, the church’s pastor, joined Good Morning Tri-Cities with the details. The church is […]
Fair and cold tonight with abundant sunshine Thursday and Friday, colder next week
Fair skies are forecast for tonight with a low of 40 degrees. Wednesday will be sunny and mild with a high of 72 degrees. Fair skies and cool temperatures are forecast for Wednesday night with a low of 42 degrees. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cool with a high of 70 degrees. Fair skies […]
Hawkins County, Roan Mountain State Park to receive historic preservation funds
TRI-CITIES (WJHL) – The Tennessee Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, announced that $800,000 from the Federal Historic Preservation Fund would be allocated to local non-profits, municipalities, universities and civic organizations to preserve historic resources. According to a release from the Tennessee Historical Commission Press Office, the local grant recipients are as follows: Hawkins […]
‘I can no longer serve you properly’ | Bluff City Mayor resigns
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bluff City Mayor Jeff Broyles announced on Wednesday evening he will resign as the town’s mayor. “My heart is full as I write this,” a social media post from Broyles said. “The events of this evening brought my family and I to a prayerful decision. I can no longer serve […]
Tennessee Department of Transportation opens two damaged East Tennessee routes
By J. Holly McCall Tennessee Lookout On Monday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) reopened to traffic two East Tennessee routes that were severely damaged as a result of Hurricane Helene flooding. According to TDOT, State Route 350 in Greene County — known locally as Jones Bridge Road — was piled 30 feet high with […] The post Tennessee Department of Transportation opens two damaged East Tennessee routes appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Heritage Days hosts 44th annual Quilt Show in Hawkins County Courthouse
For the 44th annual Quilt Show at the historic Hawkins County Courthouse, the Happy Hearts Quilt Guild will be displaying an amazing array of quilts as part of the Heritage Days Celebration in Rogersville Oct. 11-13. There will be a special exhibit of the Happy Hearts Quilt Guild Challenge quilts, whose theme this year is a song with a color or colors in the name. Come see if you can guess the song that each quilt represents. ...
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has deployed Mobile American Job Centers to assist residents affected by the recent flooding in Northeast Tennessee
Chattanooga, TN – According to the state officials, these centers have been set up at two Multi-Agency Resource Centers in Elizabethton and Jonesborough, established by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. The MAJCs offer displaced workers air-conditioned facilities with Wi-Fi and laptops to file for state Unemployment Insurance benefits and...
Ballad closes emergency operations center as hospitals return to full operations
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health announced on Thursday that it has closed its Corporate Emergency Operations Center, which was activated in the wake of fatal floods that decimated the Tri-Cities. Ballad Health stated in a news release that while the emergency operations center will be closed, subgroups within the hospital system will continue to […]
Greene County 911 dispatcher recounts calls from Hurricane Helene
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Greene County 911 Office received 810 emergency 911 calls in the 48-hour period between Sept. 27 and 28. Most of the calls were related to flooding from Hurricane Helene, and mainly came from areas near the Nolichucky River. Traci Fanney, a Greene County 911 dispatcher, worked 12-hour shifts on both […]
State climatologist: Areas are vulnerable we didn’t think were vulnerable
EMBREEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — He already knew plenty about the potential for catastrophic flooding in Northeast Tennessee, but even state climatologist Andrew Joyner was surprised at the amount of destruction the remnants of Hurricane Helene wrought. “Sediment deposit of several feet in some areas, completely stripped land in other areas all the way down to […]
Smoky Mountain Grub restaurant opening in downtown Johnson City
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new restaurant specializing in wings, crispy fries and more is coming to downtown Johnson City. Smoky Mountain Grub, located at the space formerly occupied by Korean Taco House (101 Buffalo Street), will officially open its doors this Friday. “Get ready to dive into our wings and fries, served in […]
Sports briefs: Providence downs RCS in title game
JOHNSON CITY — The top-seeded Providence Academy Knights wrapped up the perfect season with a 44-22 win over Rogersville City School in the conference championship game on Saturday, Oct. 5. RCS, the No. 2 seed, finished the regular season 6-2 with its only losses during the regular season to Class AA Church Hill and to Providence. Cherokee homecoming festivities resume after fall break ...
FBI Special Agents work with local authorities to identify flood victims
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — After recent flooding in the Tri-Cities area and Western North Carolina, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined local authorities to help identify victims. Special Agents from the FBI’s Johnson City Resident Agency are working with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and the Northeast Regional Medical Examiner’s Office at […]
Tennessee family's photos found 8 miles away after Helene destroys their home
Photo album and blanket found 8 miles from Tennessee home destroyed by Helene. When Hurricane Helene barreled through the Appalachian Mountains in late September, Kayla Ward didn’t think flooding in her East Tennessee home was possible. It never happened before at her Jonesborough, Tennessee, home, but this time was...
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