Anyone who has moved to a new place knows that the transition takes some time and effort. Valeri Kim Cousins Shaffer moved to Newport from Michigan twelve years ago, but still remembers the many shed tears and intense feelings of loneliness that accompanied her relocation. Shaffer’s story is…
COCKE COUNTY—Newport’s Rebecca Lee was appointed 4th District Public Defender on Tuesday, January 12, filling the vacancy left by Ed Miller’s …
NASHVILLE—Tennessee House Republicans today passed HJR0018, a resolution approving the waiver for Tennessee’s shared savings proposal from the…
NEWPORT—Meeting in their regularly scheduled session for January, the City of Newport’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen swore in the newly elected…
COCKE COUNTY—Members of the Public Safety Committee met last week to discuss the response time of First Call Ambulance Service.
Knoxville’s Museum of Art recently announced the winners in the 15th Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition. Art students in gr…
COCKE COUNTY—COVID-19 deaths in Cocke County have increased again as two more individuals have now passed away from the virus.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—As their state faced one of its toughest months of the pandemic, Tennesseans watched Gov. Bill Lee’s rare primetime addr…
COCKE COUNTY—Two COVID-19 deaths were reported this week in Cocke County bringing the total …
COCKE COUNTY—The number of COVID-19 related deaths has increased again in Cocke County as fi…
COCKE COUNTY—Seven additional COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Cocke County in less tha…
COCKE COUNTY—The COVID-19 death total in Cocke County increased to 40 on Wednesday, as 52 ne…
COCKE COUNTY—Counties across the state continue to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, an…
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