“The hardest part of my job has been it's political nature; specifically, trying to achieve law enforcement objectives while operating within an increasingly predominant political environment." — former CHPD Chief Mark Johnson
"From working shift work to taking over on day shift, it's a drastic change, but it's something I look forward to. I hope business continues as usual. I've learned so much by working under Mark. For my whole career I've worked with him and under him, and I've enjoyed it." — CHPD Chief Chad Mosely
In my opinion, and based on my observations, if Hawkins County developed Laurel Run Park’s vacant property west of the baseball diamond into a campground, maybe 40-50 camp sites, it would be booked solid from May through October.
There’s more at stake than who gets to bang the gavel. The chairman, who until now has always been the county mayor, also gets to make appointments to all of the commission’s committees including the all important Budget Committee.
The event honored avid readers who participated in First Lady Crissy Haslam's Statewide Summer Reading Competition. You had to read 2,000 minutes this summer to be eligible for a drawing to attend, and Issac Jennings put in 2,305 minutes.
County government in Tennessee is a creation of the state and conducts, by extension, many of the states rights as listed by the U.S. Constitution.
The draft 2019-20 Kingsport City Schools calendar is drawing little controversy, school officials said, because of the way holidays and the days and months fall. A leap year doesn’t hurt, either.
Included in a larger piece of legislation, a bill sponsored by Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, to streamline approval of closed loop pumped storage hydropower projects passed the House of Representatives.
For the third summer in a row, Sullivan County elementary school students participated in the myOn Summer Reading Challenge, completing 21,713 digital books from July 1 to the start of school in early August.
Kingsport City Schools officials have double good news about the Regional Science and Technology Center construction project at Dobyns-Bennett High School.
Sullivan County Board of Education Attorney Pat Hull told the school board last week that the Weaver Elementary School property saga may resolve soon and meet the expectations and hopes of all involved in the sale of the property along Weaver Pike in eastern Sullivan County
The board voted 4-0 with Vice President Karen Reed-Wright absent to approve a resolution asking the Tennnssee School Board Association lobby for the change in drug testing law specifically allowing student drivers to be in the random drug testing pool.
Though there’s not a firm number on just how many evacuees from the east coast have come to the Tri-Cities to avoid Hurricane Florence, some folks have already made their way to Kingsport. Visit Kingsport has been fielding calls this week from people who want to help.
‘We want to protect Kingsport. Our goal is to build as much flood storage as we can in South Holston and Watauga.” — James Everett, TVA’s manager of its River Forecast Center in Knoxville.
In light of Mayor Jim Lee's decision to forgo the chairmanship, newly elected Commissioner Mark DeWitte has submitted a resolution for the Sept. 27 Commission meeting nominating Commissioner Mike Herrell to serve as chairman of the commission.
