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Record early voter turnout for county
A total of 10,189 Carter County citizens took advantage of the early-voting period this month to cast their votes, according to the Election Commission office.
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Business Owner Arrested For Allegedly Fronting Store For Drugs
A Johnson City business owner is in jail this morning after police say his store was just a front for drugs.
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Three charged in burglary spree
Three suspects have been arrested and charged with a string of vehicle burglaries in the Elizabethton area Tuesday night.
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Cocke County libraries represented at regional trustee workshop
Photo submitted Cocke County's libraries were well represented last Thursday at the annual trustees workshop in Dandridge.
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Johnson City woman paid for unused sick leave, vacation after stealing $300,000 from her boss
A Washington County Criminal Court judge was stunned Monday when he found out a woman who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from her employer was paid approximately $7,000 for her unused sick, personal ...
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Bad Checks Land Watauga Man in Wash. Co., TN Court
A Watauga, Tennessee man will appear in court Thursday for allegedly writing bad checks.
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Elizabethton deputy shot during domestic violence call released from hospital
By Elizabethton Bureau Chief jthompson@johnsoncitypress.com ELIZABETHTON - Less than two weeks after she was shot in the jaw by a high-powered rifle, Carter County Deputy Stephanie Simpson has been released ...
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Local native fights for her life after shooting
A Pike County, Ky. native was severely wounded over Labor Day weekend while responding to a call in her capacity as a Carter County deputy sheriff.
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Sheriff says deputy in good spirits, K-9 nearly recovered
Photo by Larry N. Souders Carter County SheriffA*s Department K-9 Officer Maxx was injured in the shootout in Watauga Saturday evening.
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Carter County Sheriff releases ID of deputy shot during domestic dispute call
Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes has released the name of the deputy who was critically injured in Saturday's shootout.
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Carter County deputy remains in critical condition after shooting
Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes and several of his deputies have stood guard near the hospital bed of a fellow officer who was shot in the face at close range by a high-powered rifle on Riggs Road near the ...
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Former Santa Pal Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Former Santa Pal Executive Director Jimmie Clark will serve two years and eight months in prison for pilfering $91,426 of the charity's money.
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Boone Watershed Partnership to meet
The Boone Watershed Partnership will hold a general meeting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.
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Recalling when trains ran Daily to Bristol
I was today trying to imagine what it was like during Mountain City's railroad days.
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Railroad Crossing Renovation to Block Traffic in Watauga, TN Thursday
A busy Tri-Cities road will be shut down tomorrow morning while crew rip up old railroad lines.
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Davis enjoying ranger job at Sycamore Shoals
Jason C. Davis is currently working as a seasonal park ranger at Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park in Elizabethton, TN, doing historical interpretation.
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Watercolor show opens Saturday
Heidi Lynn Christiansen of Elizabethton is the 2008 Chosen Student Stipend Recipient for this yearOs Newell-Hendershot Watermedia Exhibit.
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Carter Family Festival
MACES SPRING, Va. - Curly Seckler surely sounded excited. The bluegrass musician, at age 88, recalled the memory of when he was last on stage at the Carter Fold in Maces Spring, Va., near Hiltons.
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Parks & Rec Board pressing for skate park
The Carter County Parks and Recreation Board continues to press for community cooperation in building a skate park for area youth.
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Sale of fireworks benefits local VFDs
Several volunteer fire departments in Carter County are in the fireworks business during the Fourth of July holiday season to help raise needed funds for their respective departments.
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