NEWPORT—NU Water Crews will be working to repair a water leak on Tuesday, May 18 at the intersection of Duncan Street and Smith Street.
NEWPORT—The City of Newport’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen held an eventful May meeting on Tuesday that included a continued discussion of last…
NEWPORT—Tennova’s Newport Medical Center has been recognized as a four-star hospital for the second year in a row by the Centers for Medicare …
COCKE COUNTY—The Friends Animal Shelter recently received a $10,000 grant from the newly named, Petco Love, to support their lifesaving work f…
NEWPORT—The Cocke County Partnership’s Chamber of Commerce will again host a series of concerts this summer along the beautiful City of Newpor…
JOHNSON CITY—The Roan Scholars Leadership Program has selected eight high school seniors for the incoming Roan Class of 2025. Those students w…
NEWPORT—The Cocke County Shriners are in the midst of their annual paper sale. The sale kicked off on May 10 and will run through May 16.
COCKE COUNTY—Cedarwood Veterinary Hospital will hold several rabies clinics across the county on Saturday, May 15.
The General Assembly adjourns
COCKE COUNTY—The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting safety belt roadside checkpoints during the week of May 16-22 on Cave Church Road…
COCKE COUNTY—The Cocke County Health Department has announced they are offering COVID-19 vaccinations at the Cocke County Fairgrounds. Appoint…
COCKE COUNTY—On Tuesday, Cocke County Mayor Crystal Ottinger announced that she will not seek a third term in 2022.
DEL RIO—Captain Eric Ramsey of the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office has spent the past few months working a joint investigation with the Hillsbor…
NEWPORT—Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger met with local veterans last Thursday morning at the Tanner Building in Newport.
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COCKE COUNTY—The Mill Creek Fire is now 90% contained and remains at 657 acres. Officials say the fire has transitioned from a Type 3 incident…
NEWPORT—The Cocke County Partnership/Chamber of Commerce with Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry recently announced a new collaborat…
COCKE COUNTY—The Cocke County High Big Red Fire Choir will hold their spring concert this Friday, May 7 at 6 p.m. in the CCHS auditorium.
The General Assembly approves $42.6 billion budget
As the 2020-2021 school year winds down, it has certainly been one for the record books. There have been a lot of “firsts” this past year, inc…
NEWPORT—Newport Utilities board members met virtually Tuesday morning to receive departmental updates for the month of April.
A how-to gardening class was hosted by Mrs. Lois Cornell, a member of the Newport Seventh-day Adventist Church on Monday, April 12, at 5:30 p.…
NEWPORT—Deputies were dispatched to the area of Fowlers Grove Road and Highway 160 to conduct a welfare check on a male subject that had been …
NEWPORT—On April 27, Patrolman Paul Weber responded to a call regarding a man urinating in public at the McDonald’s on Cosby Highway.
COCKE COUNTY—Due to fire suppression efforts, there has been minimal wildfire activity over the last 24 hours on the Cherokee National Forest.…
NEWPORT—Tennova Healthcare recently welcomed Mark M. Holt, M.D., cardiologist, to his new medical practice in Newport.
COCKE COUNTY—Fire crews continue to make progress on the Mill Creek fire in the Cherokee National Forest.
NEWPORT—Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger will visit Newport on Thursday, April 28 to meet with veterans in the community.
COCKE COUNTY—Since early February, Rural Medical Services’ (RMS) network of five locations in Cocke and Jefferson Counties has administered ar…
