NEWPORT—After 32 years with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office, Chief Deputy Derrick Woods officially said goodbye Friday, Jan. 8 at a party wi…
NEWPORT—Two Newport men are being sought following a series of pursuits.
DEL RIO—The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two structure fires that occurred on Wicked Hill Road in Del Rio on Monday, Jan. 25.
COCKE COUNTY—The county’s Solid Waste Board recently held a special called meeting where they voted to move forward with a new landfill.
NEWPORT—Executive Committee members of the Cocke County Partnership and Economic Development Commission met last week to receive updates from …
NEWPORT—Newport Utilities is advising customers who pay their monthly electric bills by mail that continued problems with the U.S. Postal Serv…
NEWPORT—The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office has released the details surrounding a suspected murder-suicide that took place on Friday, January 22.
COCKE COUNTY—The Cocke County Legislative Body meeting for January has been moved to Monday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.
COCKE COUNTY—The County Board of Education recently met where they approved several expenditures for learning materials, while also setting da…
COCKE COUNTY—The public hearing to review Blue Ridge Paper Products’ effluent discharge permit and color variance removal has been postponed.
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 Mic…
COCKE COUNTY—Newport’s Rebecca Lee was appointed 4th Judicial District Public Defender on Tuesday, January 12, filling the vacancy left by Ed …
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…
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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—A federal class action civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Cocke County and it’s Sheriff’s Office due to unsafe jail conditions.
NEWPORT—Cocke County’s newest Clerk took her oath of office Monday Jan. 4 at the courthouse.
NEWPORT—Jan Brockwell spent 26 years serving Cocke County in the Clerk’s Office.
NEWPORT—Recreation basketball will tip-off January 22 in Cocke County after a long delay due to COVID-19.
COCKE COUNTY—Cocke County Solid Waste Board members recently met to discuss the county’s waste management issues, and the best ways to move forward.
PARROTTSVILLE—Members of Parrottsville’s town council recently met where they discussed several important agenda items.
NEWPORT—No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on Saturday, Jan. 9.
NEWPORT—Greater Good of East Tennessee will hold a special event in Newport this Saturday, Jan. 16 starting at 11 a.m.
COCKE COUNTY—Mayor Crystal Ottinger has announced that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resour…
NEWPORT—Tennova Healthcare has named Scott Williams as the new chief executive officer of Newport Medical Center, effective January 18, 2021.
NEWPORT—A Newport couple is facing a number of charges following an investigation on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
NEWPORT—Walters State Community College will offer 11 classes at its Newport Center during the spring semester. The increase in number is due …
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