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Politicians are telling us that to require photo ID is discriminating against minorities and is racially motivated. I find the opposite to wha…
With all the brouhaha about access to West Ridge High, something that nobody has mentioned is there is already a little dirt road alongside Ru…
Thank you for your editorial in support of the Boone Lake Association requesting a donation from the city of Kingsport to help with the cleanu…
The entire Kingsport society, officials, industries, businesses and citizens should support the Kingsport Times News' suggestion of making Kin…
Everything is conditioned on choice. Everything you do, whatever your lot in life. Nations make them. Families make them. Individuals make the…
It's time for our county commissioners to look at the whole scenario before planning.
I am a mild-mannered guy and don’t normally get too upset about the political goings-on. When Trump lost, I thought at least we won’t have to …
The Poor People’s Campaign of East Tennessee invites communities, schools, houses of worship, and campuses to participate in a statewide “Reme…
It would be great if our elected officials were as concerned with protecting the liberties of all and not just a select and privileged few.
The Times News recently published two articles by a local physician. Dr. Robert Funke explored two questions: Why are we overpaying for our he…
I keep reading how commissioners, supervisors, etc. are very concerned about the safety of students, staff and faculty of the new school set t…
In response to the letter by Danny Owens published Feb. 24: First let me say that I am an alumni of ETSU and that the kneeling at our national…
Re the John Newby article on March 2: “Being truly local” to save local businesses is a fine sentiment. I have tried so many times in my 30 ye…
My wife, Donnia, an ETSU alumna, suggests when athletes kneel in protest, put your hand over your heart showing devotion to country and flag a…
I have nothing but praise for the Hawkins County Health Department. I registered for the COVID vaccination in late December. Was notified in J…
At the February Mount Carmel BMA workshop, Mayor Pat Stilwell requested that the relocation of the Senior Center be added to the agenda for di…
ETSU players and coaches should be ashamed of themselves for kneeling during the national anthem. There’s plenty of other ways to bring attent…
In 1943, the Supreme Court (West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette) ruled the state could not compel students to pledge allegiance…
State Rep. Rebecca Alexander, State Rep. Tim Hicks and State Sen. Rusty Crowe appeared on local news expressing strong concern over ETSU baske…
Complaints about the ETSU basketball team kneeling during the national anthem is nothing more than white privilege masquerading as patriotic i…
Kneeling in protest during our national anthem is not appropriate. In God’s eyes all lives matter as it should be in ours. Unity will never ha…
Oh no! That was my reaction after reading in the Kingsport Times News that my favorite movie theater closed down.
According to the Census Bureau, over 675,000 Tennesseans are without insurance. That's one out of every 10 Tennesseans. This problem has only …
Laws are put in to place to protect the public at large. They did not happen overnight, and the majority of them come into being from an unfor…
Kudos to the Hawkins County Health Department. This organization can show the rest of Tennessee and the country how to run a vaccination program.
How shall we get West Ridge High School’s students to school? I say let’s get creative. There are some ideas that are probably more than the b…
At or near noon on Wednesday, Jan. 6, a riotous insurrectionist mob began its descent on the U.S. Capitol at the urging of the president of th…
As I was standing in line at a convenience store near where I live, a detective came into the store. There were other people in line, but he a…