Shelter dedicated at Panther Creek State Park
B A naming celebration was held at Panther Creek State Park Saturday afternoon, to dedicate the upper campground shelter to William Line and Charles Maxwell Davis. Michael Robertson, Tennessee State Parks Director of Operations made the decision to name the…
Legacy Tree honors life of Lynn Newman
B The Morristown Tree Board and Keep Morristown-Hamblen Beautiful presented a Legacy Tree to Rose Center on behalf of Lynn Newman. The tree dedication was held Friday afternoon, and several of Newman’s friends and those whose lives she impacted within…
Officers, first responders graduate from Crisis Intervention Team training
F A group of nearly 30 law enforcement officers, first responders and medical staff graduated from Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training on Friday, April 14. This graduating class included staff from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Knoxville Police Department, University…
ASES first graders visit Colgate facility
F All Saints Episcopal School’s first-grade class, led by Mrs. Santana, recently enjoyed a fun and educational field trip to the Colgate facility in Morristown, Tennessee. The students were given an opportunity to learn about the manufacturing process of toothpaste…
FY24 Arts Build Communities Grants now open
F Rose Center & Council for the Arts is seeking fy2024 Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant proposals for art projects from any qualifying nonprofit 501c3, educational institutions, or civic entities located within the following five East Tennessee counties: Claiborne, Cocke,…
More than 100 WSCC students honored by PTK
F Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community college students, honored 101 Walters State Community College students this spring. These students were chosen for induction into the society. To receive the honor, students must complete at least 12…
Snapshot
S The Hamblen County School Board honored Karlene Webb, Administrative assistant, at the April School Board meeting, for her dedication to the school district.
Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins, and Union residents are eligible for emergency loans
F Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins, and Union Counties were declare a contiguous disaster county due to Severe Winter Storm using the Presidential Major Disaster Designation process. Under this designation, if you have operations in any primary or contiguous county, you are…
Hamblen County Substance Abuse Coalition will host the next Operation Medicine Bottle
F On Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hamblen County Substance Abuse Coalition will team up with the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department and the National Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA to conductt the next Operation Medicine Bottle.…
Report highlights Biden’s mistakes
Americans were heading into a holiday weekend and the press was preoccupied with President Trump’s legal travails, so naturally the Biden Administration on Thursday afternoon dumped its review of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Americans are unlikely to fall…

