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File photo (L-R) former Hawkins County Director of Schools Steve Starnes, school board chairman Bob Larkins, and former Mount Carmel Elementary principal Kelli Campbell display their 2016-17 Reward School banner during a celebration this past March which was attended by Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen.
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Hawkins County schools

Record breaking: Four Hawkins County Schools earn coveted Reward School status

Hawkins County's four Rewards Schools include Carters Valley Elementary, Hawkins Elementary, Clinch School, and Mount Carmel Elementary which is now a back-to-back Reward School. Rogersville City School was also named a Rewards School.

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It makes sense to have Narcan in our schools

The federal government’s so-called war on drugs began in that time with the hope of eradicating the use of soft and hard drugs. The effort failed, and now we find Sullivan County schools joining others nationwide in stocking Narcan, a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses.

Sep 20, 2018 at 9:00 PM
Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam entertained avid readers including Mount Carmel 4th grader Issac Jennings last month at the second annual Kids' State Dinner at the Tennessee Residence.
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Mount Carmel Elementary School

Mount Carmel fourth-grader honored as avid reader by governor, first lady

The event honored avid readers who participated in First Lady Crissy Haslam's Statewide Summer Reading Competition. You had to read 2,000 minutes this summer to be eligible for a drawing to attend, and Issac Jennings put in 2,305 minutes.

Sep 18, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Autumn begins this weekend. As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, trees throughout the region will begin to change colors.
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Tuesday Trivia

Fall is almost here

The end of summer is near for the Northern Hemisphere.

Sep 18, 2018 at 1:22 PM
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Sullivan County Commission

Your two cents worth: School resource officers on the way for all Sullivan County Schools

Nearly $1 million in startup funding will come from the county’s general fund surplus, but an estimated $757,000 in recurring yearly costs will have to be funded in years to come.

Sep 18, 2018 at 8:43 AM
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Sevier's Sequoyah Scribe among 67 honored as 2018 newspaper Pacemaker finalists

Sevier Middle School’s student newspaper, The Sequoyah Scribe, has won a finalist slot in the national Pacemaker awards for the third year in a row. 

Sep 17, 2018 at 10:30 PM
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Civics 101

Civics 101: States rights' and Tennessee counties

County government in Tennessee is a creation of the state and conducts, by extension, many of the states rights as listed by the U.S. Constitution.

Sep 17, 2018 at 2:14 PM
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Calendar

Kingsport's draft school calendar hits the 'sweet spot'

The draft 2019-20 Kingsport City Schools calendar is drawing little controversy, school officials said, because of the way holidays and the days and months fall. A leap year doesn’t hurt, either.

Sep 17, 2018 at 1:06 PM
The six Hawkins County director of schools finalists include (top L-R): Jim Ailshie, Thomas Floyd, Greg Sturgill; (bottom L-R): Patrick Fraley, Matt Hixon and Thomas Sisk
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE set to interview six director finalists

Board members will have until Oct. 1 to submit their list of questions they want asked during the Oct. 12-13 interviews, which a search consultant will compile into 20 identical questions that will be asked of all six finalists.

Sep 17, 2018 at 12:12 PM
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National Merit Semifinalists

Thirteen from NET named National Merit semifinalists

Seven from Dobyns-Bennett High School, two from University School and one each from the homeschooled category, Science Hill, Sullivan South and University School made the list.

Sep 16, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Back: Konner Tuell, Blountville Elementary, Laura Whitehead Bluff City, Carrera Mullins, Holston and David Burdine, Miller Perry. Front: Jaleah Miller, Emmett; Arthur Glenn, Indian Springs; Rylie Brown, Ketron; and Sydney Pate, Rock Springs)
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MyON Reading Challenge

Summer reading program pays off for Sullivan students

For the third summer in a row, Sullivan County elementary school students participated in the myOn Summer Reading Challenge, completing 21,713 digital books from July 1 to the start of school in early August.

Sep 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM
This is a view of the Dobyns-Bennett High School Regional Science and Technology Center back on Aug. 11. Since then, the wood supports visible near the outside of the building have most all been removed. The $20 million structure is be done May 31, 2019, and open in August of 2019.
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Regional Science and Technology Center

D-B construction to be finished by May 31

Kingsport City Schools officials have double good news about the Regional Science and Technology Center construction project at Dobyns-Bennett High School.

Sep 16, 2018 at 9:30 AM
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University of Virginia's College at Wise

UVa-Wise to send expanded tuition reduction plan to state lawmakers

UVa-Wise will send a plan to state lawmakers to expand a reduced tuition program to the entire ARC region that sprawls across 13 states from New York to Mississippi.

Sep 16, 2018 at 8:30 AM
A closer look at the initial survey of the Weaver Elementary School property.
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Weaver Elementary School

Weaver Elementary property close to final resolution

Sullivan County Board of Education Attorney Pat Hull told the school board last week that the Weaver Elementary School property saga may resolve soon and meet the expectations and hopes of all involved in the sale of the property along Weaver Pike in eastern Sullivan County

Sep 15, 2018 at 8:00 PM
A wooden flagpole was allegedly used to attack a Cherokee High School student at Thursday's Battle of Hawkins County at Volunteer.
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Hawkins County Sheriff's Office

Two Volunteer students charged with assault at Battle of Hawkins County football game

The Battle of Hawkins County spilled over into the grandstands when a Volunteer High student allegedly hit at least one Cherokee fan with a wooden flagpole.

Sep 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM
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