EDITORIAL: More than three months into a new fiscal year without a budget in place, the Pound Town Council continues to struggle with making e…
In what may be the most arrogant piece of written political diatribe in recent memory, Inside Sources Political Editor Michael Graham in a rec…
We're all familiar with the precautions government says we should take to avoid infection, such as limiting interactions with others and weari…
Hawkins County commissioners have a duty to follow Chairman Rick Brewer's lead and reject a request from the County Commission's Budget Commit…
Bad habits like fiddling with our clocks twice a year are hard to break, even when they serve no good purpose, even if destructive.
A Kingsport ordinance covering dog owners who don't clean up after their pets will be welcomed by numerous city residents.
With chilly mornings and leaves falling, Kingsport's annual leaf pickup program is underway. The Kingsport Fire Department also uses this mont…
The message at the top of the Health Wagon's website tugs at the heart: "Poverty doesn't go away when the world goes to pieces. It gets worse.…
Kingsport police have noticed an increase in golf carts and other small, four-wheeled vehicles on city streets.
For all the importance placed on them, political signs don't offer much of a return against their cost. Jonathan Krasno, a political science p…
Of Kingsport's many public assets, perhaps only Bays Mountain Park eclipses the Greenbelt, some 10 miles of trail passing through the city, mu…
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, regardless of race, contributing more than 25% of new cancer cases.
It is unacceptable that state law enforcement agencies take an average $15 million in cash and thousands of vehicles from residents annually, …
The Hawkins County Commission recently voted to divest Mayor Jim Lee of the authority to appoint members of committees, and for good cause.
Handed $1.18 million in "free" money from the state's federal COVID-19 grant, Hawkins County commissioners put it to good use.
That a Morristown woman without a college degree could pass herself off as a registered nurse for more than six years while working for multip…
Now that professional baseball is a thing of the past in Northeast Tennessee, the Appalachian League has been handed what could either be a bo…
As skaters will attest, there's a lot more to a skate park than one or more "rooms" with various obstacles, and it is that specialized knowled…
Police officers have for too long observed the “blue wall of silence” in which an officer does not snitch on another officer who steps out of …
With chilly mornings comes recognition that Christmas is but a dozen or so weeks away when we not only celebrate the birth of Christ, but reac…
Melinda Combest “just wanted to do something positive during all this COVID-19,” said husband Jim. Hence, the large sign on the side of Rock S…
Some communities have adopted a wait-and-see attitude before committing to any new projects in fear of the pandemic's potential impact on sale…
As nighttime temperatures begin to dip into the 40s, animal shelters around the region are asking for help as they are being overwhelmed with …
It took localities to lead the way before the state of Tennessee finally agreed to give residents more detailed information on COVID-19 distri…
Residents of the Virginia side of Bristol will have an opportunity in November to approve what could be the community’s saving grace and the m…
Those who stuck it out and those who purchased what used to be shoreline property on Boone Lake in anticipation of it becoming navigable again…
The brick structures in the complex are certainly historic and demonstrate a period architectural style that merit preservation and would comp…
Since the start of the pandemic Second Harvest has seen a 30 percent increase in the number of people it serves with more 100,000 people in ou…