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A view looking down the Holston River from the Laurel Run Park boat ramp, which Times News reporter Jeff Bobo thinks would be a good location for a county owned campground.
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Hawkins County Tourism

A campground at Laurel Run Park? Why not?

In my opinion, and based on my observations, if Hawkins County developed Laurel Run Park’s vacant property west of the baseball diamond into a campground, maybe 40-50 camp sites, it would be booked solid from May through October.

Today at 11:22 AM
The U.S. Chamber's Moore Hallmark, left, stands with U.S. Rep. Phil Roe after handing off the chamber's "Spirit of Enterprise" award for Roe's pro-business voting record at a Kingsport Chamber luncheon.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

U.S. Chamber of Commerce gives award to Roe

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., again received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit of Enterprise Award for his 93 percent pro-business voting record in Congress in 2017.

Yesterday at 12:19 PM
Addy Miller, left, was in the very first episode of The Walking Dead in 2010, and made quite an impression on lead character Rick Grimes as "Summer", the little zombie girl holding a Teddy Bear he encounters shortly after leaving the hospital. Kylie Szymanski, right, also played a small but critical role as "Penny", the zombie daughter of "The Governor", who he hopes to eventually cure.
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Fundraiser

'Walking Dead' zombies visiting Rogersville to help raise money for cancer patient

On Saturday from noon until 6 p.m. former zombies Addy Miller and Kylie Szymanski will be signing free autographs at Saucy Hawgs, a Rogersville BBQ restaurant that opened in July at 5131 Highway 11-W on the eastern outskirts of town.

Yesterday at 11:00 AM
Golf AMPLIFIED was born from PGA member Chris Woods' desire to offer a place where people could use the latest technology available to improve their game and just have fun.
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Sunday Stories

Woods' golf AMPLIFIED combines technology, traditional wisdom

‘Training. Results. Fun. AMPLIFIED.’ That’s the mission statement for Kingsport’s golf AMPLIFIED — a modern indoor golf and event facility that features the latest technology available.

Sep 17, 2018 at 11:08 AM
At last year’s IDEAcademy, Tombras Group Creative Director Clay Prewitt used a retro TV as a slide to talk about how our minds are pulled in different directions.
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IDEAcademy

Need that next big idea?

The IDEAcademy events will take place at the Millennium Centre in Johnson City, on Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. and at Eastman’s Toy F. Reid Employee Center on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Sep 17, 2018 at 8:30 AM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Region's home sales still at a 10-year high

NETAR President Aaron Taylor said August’s closings were the second-best single month in 10 years. May was the best month in a decade and was only six sales better than August.

Sep 12, 2018 at 9:00 PM
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Fort Henry Mall

Fort Henry Mall to host 'The Festive Five' event

Acts will perform live in the mall throughout the week, and friends, family and shoppers can vote for their favorite holiday performance. The act with the most votes will win the title of Kingsport’s Festive Favorite

Sep 12, 2018 at 4:30 PM
File photos from last year's Rogersville Heritage Days Children's Parade, which will be held this year on Friday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.
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Rogersville Heritage Days

History, music and fun on Rogersville Heritage Days schedule

Earlier this week the Rogersville Heritage Association released its 2018 Heritage Days schedule, which as usual kicks off the second Friday in October with the Children's Parade, Chili Cookoff, and classic car Cruise-In.

Sep 12, 2018 at 2:30 PM
Maci Pratt of Kingsport went shopping at the Fort Henry Mall on Tuesday with her one-year-old daughter Paisley-Ann. The two stopped for a snack at Auntie Anne's before finishing their afternoon at the mall. The two new eateries going in at the mall by year's end are expected to be located near the well-known pretzel shop.
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Fort Henry Mall

Demolition taking place at Fort Henry Mall; new restaurants coming in

By the end of the year, folks in Kingsport can expect to see more changes happening at the Fort Henry Mall. The old Sears location will soon be demolished, and two new places to eat will open their doors before the holiday season.

Sep 12, 2018 at 8:22 AM
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Visit Kingsport

Kingsport hotels, BMS campground prepare to house hurricane evacuees

Visit Kingsport Executive Director Jud Teague said Tuesday at the Kingsport Economic Development Board meeting that his organization has reached out to the eight hotels listed at www.visitkingsport.com to prepare for incoming guests from affected areas. 

Sep 11, 2018 at 6:30 PM
McKenna Blevins is the entrepreneurial program coordinator at 'The Nest'.
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Money

UVa-Wise opens 'The Nest' for fledgling entrepreneurs

WISE — The University of Virginia's College at Wise on Monday unveiled its small off-campus facility for entrepreneurial-minded students to pursue and bounce startup business venture ideas off one another, as well as faculty and area businessmen and women so inclined.

Updated Sep 11, 2018 at 12:55 PM
Ribbon-cuttings are happening because new business filings in Tennessee have gone up for 27 consecutive quarters, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
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Tennessee Secretary of State's Office

Why Tennessee's economy has grown for 27 straight quarters

The office says there were 10,888 new entity filings in the first quarter of 2018, a 14.3 percent increase over the same time period last year.

Sep 10, 2018 at 8:30 AM
Fred "Pappy" Vineyard has owned and operated the Main Street business for 45 years, specializing in screen printing, custom T-shirts and motorcycle apparel. Though the roof collapse was a blow to his business, Vineyard said he plans to get the building repaired as soon as possible.
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Downtown

Pappy's Custom T's suffers roof collapse

When a rainstorm hit downtown Kingsport about a month ago, a portion of the back wall and roof at Pappy’s Custom T’s fell in. Today, Pappy said he plans to repair the damage and reopen his business as soon as possible.

Sep 9, 2018 at 12:00 PM
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Main Street

BMA chooses not to relocate Main Street power poles

Kingsport has been planning to fix Main Street for years and the project is on the cusp of getting under way. But before work could start on the $5.5 million rebuild, city leaders needed to make a decision on what to do with the overhead power lines that run down Main Street.

Sep 6, 2018 at 1:30 PM
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Redevelopment

Memorial Court rezoning gains final approval

A conceptual plan shows the houses and buildings at the intersection demolished and in their place a new development, one with a pharmacy at the corner and a restaurant (with a double-lane drive-thru) next door.

Sep 5, 2018 at 11:30 AM
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