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Dobyns-Bennett celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month through student club
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Hispanic Heritage Club at Dobyns-Bennett High School was formed last year and continues to grow to this day. “We started with about 40 kids at the beginning of last year and it’s continued to grow,” Sarah Good, Sponsor of the Hispanic Heritage Club, said. Since the club’s inception, Good said […]
High School volleyball district tournament semi-finals
Greeneville, TN — On the high school volleyball court Greeneville faced Elizabethton in the District 1-AA semi-finals. Devil’s hit things off, Emma Shelton passes to Kyla Jobe, and she lightly taps it over the net for the point she had 9 kills Later, Betsy will give them a taste of their own medicine Jasy Shell […]
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...
State makes $100M loans available to hurricane counties
(The Center Square) – Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that $100 million in state-funded loans are available to help counties affected by Hurricane Helene. The program, dubbed Helene Emergency Assistance Loans, or HEAL, is funded by TennCare Shared Savings, the governor said. Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties can opt-in to the no-interest loans. The other $35 million will go toward...
PHOTO GALLERY: Volunteer edges Cherokee for JV crown
CHURCH HILL —Volunteer defeated county rival Cherokee 2-0 (25-19, 25-18) to win the Twin Lakes Conference (District 2-AA) JV volleyball tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5. It was the third meeting between the conference’s two best teams. Cherokee had won the first meeting in straight sets early in the season only to see Volunteer win the second meeting, a few weeks later, in three sets. In Saturday’s championship game, Volunteer jumped...
Local disaster relief officials add one more task to a full plate: combatting misinformation
By Anita Wadhwani Tennessee Lookout After four years on the job as Unicoi County’s Emergency Management Agency Director, Jimmy Erwin has had to add one more responsibility to an already broad roster of duties involved in preparing for and responding to disaster: dispelling misinformation. “There was a lot of posts on social media that TEMA […] The post Local disaster relief officials add one more task to a full plate: combatting misinformation appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
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 […]
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 ...
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