Even if the Easter weekend was not the best time to get outside, far Southwest Virginia is heading into spring with a string of music festivals and regular music events to make getting out more enjoyable.
From local pastor to traveling evangelist, Kingsport native Bob Sanders has been active in Christian ministry for decades. While preaching remains his biggest time commitment, Sanders has also written 13 books over the years, each one on a different Biblical subject.
Whether you enjoy photography as a hobby or a professional, the Kingsport Spring Spectacular Photography Contest and Exhibition is the event for you.
Tours of the living drama, which recreates the last days of Jesus in a walk-through of multiple scenes, start every 15 minutes between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. each night.
The Appalachian Cultural Music Association and ETSU are teaming up to present a new music education scholarship in memory of country recording artist Reece Shipley. To help raise money for the scholarship, the ACMA and ETSU will host the 2019 Reece Shipley Memorial Scholarship Show at Northeast State Community College this Friday.
Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, Notre Dame is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. Some 13 million people visit it every year.
Established by Jay and Carol Dixon and the Southwest Virginia Community Foundation, the event aims to preserve and perpetuate the heritage of the Appalachian region through its music. Five performers will take the stage throughout the fast-paced, fun-filled evening.
PARIS (AP) — The soaring spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has collapsed in flames, and a church spokesman says the entire wooden interior of the 12th century landmark is burning and likely to be destroyed.
Justin Hopkins is about to accomplish something no one else has ever done before. On April 27, he will be the first to complete the Kevin Adams 500 North Carolina Waterfalls Challenge, which requires hikers to visit 500 waterfalls across the state.
The clean-up event at Bays Mountain Park is in connection to Keep Kingsport Beautiful’s annual “Clean Sweep Kingsport” initiative, which has volunteers in seven locations throughout the city, cleaning up, picking up debris and trash and working to make the city a nicer place.
Event raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
"This trip was important for the group because it gave many of the students and even some chaperones their first opportunity to visit our nations capitol. One of my personal favorite moments occurred as we crossed the Potomac River and the students were seeing monuments and memorials for the first time." — Brandon Linkous
The Kingsport Farmers Market is located near Food City in downtown Kingsport at the corner of Clinchfield and Center. Each spring, between 40 to 50 vendors are typically on hand for the season opening.
The USDA Forest Service will increase fees at several recreation sites in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests beginning this year, including two in Scott and Wise counties. The fee increases for 2019 range between $2 and $4, though additional fee increases will go into effect in 2020 or 2021.
“Wunnerful, wunnerful” or “Gloom, despair, and agony on me,” did your household watch either show, which competed on local television stations in the 1970s?
