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PREP ROUNDUP: Greeneville's Bailey Takes First In Alabama X-Country Meet
OAKVILLE, AL — The Greeneville cross country team made the long trip to Oakville, AL on Saturday to compete in the Jesse Owens Classic. They ran against 43 boys teams and 44 girls teams in the Silver Division. Trey Bailey was the Silver Division champion after taking first overall with a time of 15:47.91. He helped the Devils take 11th overall, while the Lady Devils took 37th. Isaac Gibson took...
Wife Of Former Golf Coach Dibble Dies
The Tusculum University family mourns the passing of Cindy Dibble, the wife of legendary TU golf coach Bob Dibble. Mrs. Dibble passed away last week at the Holston Valley Medical Center. Bob and Cindy were married for 65 years, including 28 (1989-2017) when she was the “First Lady” of the Tusculum men’s and women’s golf programs. Mrs. Dibble supported the Tusculum golf team in a variety of ways, including traveling...
Unicoi Co. EMA representative addresses donation confiscation rumors
UNICOI Co., Tenn. (WJHL) – Over the past week, people across the region have continued to provide donations for those in need. However, some have started to question how their donations are being used and distributed. Dustin Anderson, who works with an Emergency Incident Management Team for Unicoi County, said the questions revolve around emergency […]
Soldiers and airmen from the Tennessee National Guard continue supporting state, county, and local first responders in East Tennessee areas impacted by severe flooding following Hurricane Helene
Chattanooga, TN – According to the state officials, focused primarily on Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties, more than 450 guardsmen are providing 24-hour ground and aerial rescue and relief support. They have organized into three task forces and are conducting search and rescue missions, clearing debris, performing reconnaissance, managing logistics, and distributing critical supplies such as food and water.
Cocke County EMA requests local, active servicemembers to ask for 'PTAD Orders' to help hurricane relief efforts
COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — Emergency management leaders in Cocke County requested active servicemembers from the county to ask their commanders for special orders allowing them to return home and help with hurricane relief efforts. The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency posted on social media requesting they ask for Permissive...
Elk Mills Poga VFD helps community amidst loss of fire station and truck
POGA, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Elk River overflowed due to heavy rain from Hurricane Helene, leading to significant flooding that swept away the Elk Mills Poga Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) station and one of its fire trucks. Fire Chief Michael Walsh said members of the VFD were already responding to emergency calls when the station […]
Washington County Tenn. shifts to recovery phase
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — About $37 million and counting — that’s the extent of property destruction in Washington County alone, State Rep. Rebecca Alexander said at a briefing Monday afternoon. “So far we have 117 homes completely destroyed,” Alexander said, citing data from Washington County Property Assessor Robbie McGuire. “We have 58 with major […]
More than 3,300 Tennesseans have applied for federal disaster relief
(The Center Square) – More than 3,300 Tennesseans have applied for federal disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Helene, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Residents in Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties are eligible through the disaster declaration submitted by Gov. Bill Lee and approved by the Biden administration. Lee toured the area again on Monday with First Lady Maria Lee and said...
Claiborne High School gives back to hurricane affected communities
By Zach Compton Contributing Writer Claiborne High School hosted a football game against Chuckey-Doak High School from Greene County, Tennessee. The game was originally set to be played at Chuckey-Doak, but flooding and other heavy damages from the recent weather made that an impossibility. Greene County was heavily affected by hurricane Helene and several […] The post Claiborne High School gives back to hurricane affected communities appeared first on Claiborne Progress.
Loudon County continues to show up for hurricane relief
On Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane … and quickly spread across the Southeastern United States, leaving power outages and destruction in its place. Then, by Sept. 28, the storm’s heavy rainfall and winds had caused floods throughout North Carolina and East Tennessee … wiping out roads and towns. The death toll throughout the South continued to rise daily late last month and...
At a Tennessee Plastics Plant, Sorrow and Uncertainty in Helene’s Wake
ERWIN, Tenn. — The few details that are known about Bertha Mendoza’s last moments are heartbreaking. On the morning of Sept. 27, after remnants of Hurricane Helene flooded the parking lot of a plastics factory in the small town of Erwin, Tennessee, Mendoza, her younger sister and a group of their co-workers clung to the bed of a pickup trying to flee from the rising waters.
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