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Tennessee Cemetery Has a Creepy Mountain Dew Headstone
While Mountain Dew has not met its untimely death, it has still being immortalized on a headstone located in a Tennessee cemetery. It's even got a working bottle opener attached to it, too. Why Is There A Mountain Dew Headstone?. No, it isn't there to mark the grave of the...
Freedom Hall Pool reopens after monthlong closure for repair
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Freedom Hall Pool in Johnson City has reopened following a monthlong closure for repair. According to a post by the Johnson City Department of Parks and Recreation, the pool opened on Wednesday. The closure was put into place on June 17, when the department told the public that a repair […]
The Black Olive Visits Daytime
(WJHL) James Boozer, General Manger and Alfredo Bran, Kitchen Manager tell us about some of the brunch options available seven days a week at The Black Olive in downtown Johnson City. Boozer shows us how they make their Bloody Mary and Bran shows us how he makes their crepes. James...
Makers Market to kick off Elizabethton’s ‘Christmas in July’
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Crossroads Craftworks Makers Market will be open in Elizabethton celebrating Christmas in July on Sunday. The market will be from Noon to 5 p.m. and feature local artists, crafts-workers and makers in the community. The address is 411 East Doe Avenue in Downtown Elizabethton. Tony Oliver sat down with our […]
The Pencil is Mightier Than the Past
Artist honors the souls of her coal-mining community. Much of the work of Bakersville artist Lori Brook Johnson is about the adverse multigenerational impact of exploitive labor practices — a subject she knows all too well. “I am a West Virginia coal-miner’s daughter,” says Johnson, “and that almost sounds clichéd, but it’s true, and I’m proud of coal miners. But labor that exploits you changes who you are and how you relate to your family.
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