By Joe Penza, city archivist Amazing events have occurred all throughout the history of Elizabethton and Carter County. In ...

David Lewis Blevins, age 78, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went to be with his Lord and Savior on June 29, 2025. He was born in Mitchell County, North Carolina, on Feb. 22, 1947. After graduating high ...

By Ron Marvel Star Correspondent Simply put, the River Riders look like a team that is figuring it out. They are communicating and getting to know one another more, and it’s showing up in the ...

By C.Y. Peters Randy Holder was more than a player, more than a coach, more than a name etched in local sports memories — he was a winner in every sense of the word. Born in 1956 to Deward and Marie ...

ETSU Health is pleased to welcome seven rheumatology providers to our clinic in Johnson City. The former Medical Specialists of Johnson City practice joined ETSU Health Rheumatology effective June 30, ...

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation is inviting the community to “Par-Tee in the Park,” a free, family-friendly event set for Sunday, July 27, from 1 to 7 p.m. at Kiwanis Park. For one day only, the ...

The Broad Street Bridge is a historic bridge — just four years away from being 100 years old. According to Frank Merritt’s Later History of Carter County, the Broad Street Bridge bill was passed in ...

Beginning Monday, July 7, traffic on the Wilbur Dam Road bridge in Carter County will be reduced to one lane as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s ongoing bridge replacement project. Temporary ...

Ricky Walters, owner of Educator Benefits Insurance Service, 415 Hudson Drive, Elizabethton, was ranked as one of Horace Mann’s top 10 agents in 2024, earning him the company’s elite Inner Circle ...

Step back in time 249 years to a colorful revolutionary world and witness life on the colonial frontier during a very tumultuous time. In the summer of 1776, colonial leaders met in Philadelphia to ...

Tennessee hunger-fighting advocates warn that proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps, could deepen food insecurity as the budget reconciliation bill ...

Who doesn’t love Charlie Brown? … and Snoopy? … and all of their crazy friends, from Lucy to Linus, Schroeder to Sally? Well, ...