Bulls Gap house fire results in one fatality
A house fire in Bulls Gap Monday evening resulted in the death of one woman. According to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office, fire and police responded to a home on York Street which was...
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Sullivan County About Ready To Delve Out Thirty Million Dollars In COVID Relief Funds
For months Commissioners in Sullivan County, like many other surrounding governmental entities have been making and prioritizing a list of potential uses for an expected thirty million dollars in American Rescue Plan funds to...
Sullivan County COVID19 Positive Rate Jumps Significantly On Monday
Ballad Health reports a seven day positive COVID19 case rate of 21 point nine percent for the region, that’s high. On Monday the rate was more than 35 percent. COVID 19 hospitalizations at Ballad...
Effort To Approve Land For Potential Meat Packing Facility Comes To Grinding Halt
A resolution that would have opened the door to the area’s first meat processing facility came to a grinding halt Monday night in Jonesborough. Washington County Tennessee Commissioners pulled a rezoning request for property...
Surging COVID19 Cases Closes Largest School System Thursday And Friday
With a positive rate for COVID19 cases surging at more than 35 percent on Monday, officials with the region’s largest school district, are closing its doors Thursday and Friday of this week, to try...
Commissioners Pull Plug On Meat Processing Facility Plans
A resolution that would have opened the door to the area’s first meat processing facility came to a grinding hault Monday night in Jonesborough. Washington County Tennessee Commissioners pulled a rezoning request for property...