There are municipal jobs where qualifications being relatively equal, the most important factor is institutional knowledge. Chief of police is…
The toughest job for a local politician is not passing an annual budget or voting on an expensive new project. It's closing a school.
Three years ago, then Sullivan County Highway Commissioner Jim Belgeri told county commissioners that a new road to the proposed West Ridge Hi…
Washington County wants Deed Book A back and has every legal right to it. The region should join in that demand. After 120 years, it's time th…
A proposed Hawkins County ordinance to protect taxpayer money distributed to nonprofit organizations will have an unintended affect of guardin…
From 1973 until he retired from board service in 1997, Richard Watterson was the BMA's rudder, keeping the city on a course toward honesty and…
Are you fully recovered from a verified COVID-19 diagnosis? If so, the plasma in your blood may contain COVID-19 antibodies that can attack th…
In Tennessee, craft brewers are prevented by state law from self-distributing their brews outside the county where it is made.
A new year brings new state laws. Tennessee and Virginia have made changes in laws affecting public health and safety of which residents shoul…
The Lincoln playground is projected to be completed by August and will send a strong message to the students that what you dream and believe, …
It took a pandemic to create 160 desperately needed jobs in Scott County. It also took combined state and local resources and organization, an…
The pandemic has knocked the stuffing out of Kingsport's highly successful transit service, dropping ridership by 34% as compared to last year…
One potential resolution we should all agree to: Return to respect, civility and comity.
Rogersville city leaders have a New Year's resolution that will likely extend past 2021. It's impressive. It's ambitious. And it will cost a l…
COVID-19 may be at its worst, but vaccinations are underway, and a new year brings temptation to slack off from months of mask wearing, hand w…
Not all motor vehicles have automatic headlights, and not all automatic headlights work all of the time. That seems to be a problem in Kingspo…
In Tennessee, we are very fortunate, for in this season of hope and wonder for some and fear and despair for others, that there truly is hope …
The word "hero" gets tossed around a lot these days, but there is no better definition of a hero than someone who puts his or her life on the …
Holding thousands of COVID-19 vaccinations in Tennessee as an "emergency reserve" may not top the list of dumb ideas, but if not, it's got to …
If Johnson City does not wish to use single-family housing development tools such as tax incentives, all well and good. But it should support …
The Times News Rescue Fund is asking for your support to help the Salvation Army deal with a significant increase in requests for help.
We shouldn't need laws with respect to ownership of pets. But because some abuse them, fail to provide shelter or food, or allow them to run a…
It's been a tough year for organizations that rely heavily on public support, but thanks to strong donations, Goodwill has done well and is to…
If limiting vehicle searches is the intent, then pass laws to that effect. But how does making highways less safe satisfy that intent?
The economic impact of the pandemic is being felt in holiday programs designed to help the less fortunate, such as the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree.
Governmental transparency is what separates democracy from other forms of government. Every citizen should have the ability to find out what t…
If Biden couldn’t even get his act together enough over the course of half a century to have a cabinet picked before the election, why should …
Progress on creating an integrated umbrella organization to lead economic development in Northeast Tennessee seems to have stalled.