Update: Wellmont announces concerns over legality of UCMH process
ERWIN — Wellmont Health System has fired the latest salvo in the nearly yearlong battle between the health care organization and rival Mountain States Health Alliance to acquire financially-struggling...
View ArticleThe Buzz: Local news worth talking about
In case you missed these posts, here are 10 items worth knowing today on JohnsonCityPress.com:• Mouse’s Ear owner plans to rebuild. Ralph Browning, owner of the Mouse’s Ear Exotic Sports Bar that...
View ArticleWoman arrested after alleged Kingsport home invasion
KINGSPORT — A Kingsport resident's unsolicited visitor led to a late Monday night arrest, as he was reportedly awakened by an unknown woman standing in his bedroom.Records at the Sullivan County...
View ArticlePanama finds suspected weapons on N. Korean ship
PANAMA CITY — Panama's president said the country has seized a North Korean-flagged ship carrying what appeared to be ballistic missiles and other arms that had set sail from Cuba on its way to the...
View ArticlePilot Flying J to repay trucking companies
NASHVILLE — The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has agreed to pay back the trucking companies that were cheated out of fuel rebates.A federal judge in Arkansas gave...
View ArticleSandusky group sells radio stations
PHOENIX and SEATTLE -- Sandusky Radio announced today that Hubbard Radio, LLC has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of all 10 of Sandusky’s radio stations in...
View ArticleBarter, Symphony of the Mountains team up to bring ‘Les Mis’ to Kingsport
After successfully collaborating two years ago on “Cabaret,” Barter Theatre and Symphony of the Mountains will be joining forces again, this time bringing “Les Misérables” to Kingsport for two...
View ArticleMemphis school principal stabbing case could be negotiated
MEMPHIS — Attorneys in Memphis say the murder case against a teenager charged with fatally stabbing his high school principal could be headed for trial or settlement.Eduardo Marmolejo...
View ArticleUpdate — Johnson City police identify Elizabethton man killed in Knob Creek...
Update: Johnson City police have released the name of a motorcycle rider killed Tuesday afternoon in a Knob Creek Road crash. Ronnie L. Gobble, 49, 612 Maple St., Elizabethton, died after he was taken...
View Article4 charged in Boones Creek auto burglary spree
Three adults and a teenager have been charged in connection with 20 auto burglaries in the Boones Creek area dating back several months.According to Washington County Sheriff Ed...
View ArticleMountain Empire accepting applications for 9th annual Mountain Music School
BIG STONE GAP — For all who yearn to flay a fiddle, acquire a traditional groove on a guitar, or desire to hone those and other musical skills, Mountain Music School at Mountain Empire Community...
View ArticleVolunteers sought for fourth annual Watauga Lake Cleanup
Volunteers will be scouring the waters and shorelines of Watauga Lake on Saturday, July 20, during the Watauga Lake Cleanup. The fourth annual event is organized by Our Community Gives Back, which has...
View ArticleCoroner says 'Glee' actor died from heroin, alcohol overdose
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — "Glee" actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner's office said Tuesday."There is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith's...
View ArticleEvents: Fun in the great outdoors
Fun in the great outdoorsEnjoy competitive bicycle, tricycle rides along with walks, hikes and cornholeBy REBEKAH WILSONrwilson@timesnews.netThe White Lightning Bicycle Rides are back for their fourth...
View ArticleJarrett: BMS should host All-Star race
BRISTOL — Bigger is not always better, according to Dale Jarrett.Recently named to the new class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Jarrett believes the NASCAR All-Star race needs moved away from Charlotte’s...
View ArticleOld friends recall Bristol battles
BRISTOL — From the concrete grandstands to the middle of the action to what they described as the best seats in the house as ESPN analysts, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree have always loved the action at...
View ArticleHorse Cruelty
Several Johnson City residents were charged in an animal cruelty case after emaciated horses were found in Washington County on July 9th.
View ArticleLemonade and Niswonger Children's Hospital
Grant Stout, 5 years-old, and his father Clayton Stout stand behind the Lemonade stand at 706 Hillrise Blvd. in Johnson City. The Saturday lemonade event is to raise money for the Niswonger Children's...
View ArticleFamily shocked by vehicular homicide sentence
The family of a young woman killed by a drunken driver more than two years ago was shocked when a judge sentenced the man who killed her to serve only 90 days of a nine year prison sentence at a...
View ArticleAnimal control officer finds emaciated horses in Jonesborough field
Four horses were removed from a Jonesborough field on Tuesday afternoon after Washington County/Johnson City Animal Control Officer Wayne Thomas found four emaciated animals out of a total of five...
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