A la carte education is simply impractical, both physically and financially. A quality education is the No. 1 priority for children and can't …
COVID-19 is impacting our world in ways we can scarcely imagine. That includes economic development and industrial recruiting.
Public servants in emergency responder situations who put their lives on the line for us every day they leave their home are well-deserving of…
The 2021 Tennessee Department of Health Suicide Prevention Report finds that males have more than three times the rate of suicide death compar…
Three lessons loomed large from only the second attack on the U.S. in its history. One has already been forgotten.
Conceptual drawings show the new skate park having two bowls (a backyard bowl and a flow bowl), a four-stair set with up-down rails, two quart…
Sixteen percent of people living in our region are food insecure, not knowing where their next meal will come from. They include one in four children.
Quite clearly, drug overdoses are out of control in Tennessee, and nationwide. But it doesn't have to be.
Gov. Bill Lee's executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of a mask will leave some number of children at high risk, even as …
Nearly every aspect of our lives has, for several decades, been subject to scrutiny and oversight by “experts.” The food we eat. The drugs we …
Friends in Need offers professional medical and dental services to the uninsured and under-insured of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
The Department of Homeland Security has identified USAntibiotics as critical infrastructure since it is the only manufacturing facility in the…
Eastman Chemical Co. has landed on the Forbes list of Best-in-State Employers for 2021.
If you seek opportunities to give back, look no further than the community in which you live.
Project Stamp plans a two-phase, $145 million capital development in Telford that will begin with 117 new jobs and wrap up in 2027 with an add…
“Feeling safe” has become an all-consuming obsession that trumps science, common sense, and often even pre-existing and seemingly strong ties …
Leaving the city election stranded in May costs taxpayers $32,000 per election. Moving it to August or November would save money, and it would…
Ballad's numbers show that if you're unvaccinated and you live in Ballad's coverage area, you are nine times more likely to get COVID than som…
The United Way of Greater Kingsport distributes donations to more than 30 member agencies, which work to create a better life for thousands of…
Recently, and for the second time this year, Mount Carmel City Attorney John Pevy warned Vice Mayor Tresa Mawk about scheduling private meetin…
Students should always use the marked crosswalks, which provide safe access to the park and across the street, but sometimes they're in a hurr…
Two unlikely sources — a late-in-the-year garden and Kingsport's Domtar Paper Company — have reveled the beauty in new investments.
Either an elected official is there to serve the constituents, or they’re using the office entrusted to them to place their own desires above …
A tip of the hat to Kingsport's leadership over the past decade, which contributed to growth of 15.01% as compared to 12.5% for Johnson City a…
Instead of a continuation, James D. Hamm Jr. should have been turned down on his third request for parole.
State lawmakers should end bail bonding in Tennessee and establish more reasonable cash bonds for serious offenses and none for lesser offenses.
There was nothing funny about terrifying hundreds of students, parents, law enforcement personnel and emergency services as well as thousands …
Sullivan County’s vaccination rate of about 41% is pathetic. Not surprisingly, our local positivity rate has skyrocketed to above 20%.