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Scrapbook Showcase: Signs of Spring

Today's Scrapbook Showcase features a series of flower photos from Kingsport's Rick Currie. “The flowers think it's spring,” Rick observed, when shooting these photos weeks before the actual start of spring.

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Today at 7:00 PM
Kristie Jones wears her new eSight magnification glasses. While out in public, Jones said some people have mistaken the glasses for spy goggles or a virtual reality headset, but she's happy to explain to people what they really do and how they work.
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Kingsport

Community support enables legally blind Kingsport woman to buy eSight glasses

When the Times News first spoke with Kristie Jones last summer, she was seeking donations for a pair of eSight magnification glasses, which help legally blind individuals – like herself – see. Thanks to community support, Jones was finally able to purchase the $10,000 glasses earlier this year.

Yesterday at 12:54 PM
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Construction

Kingsport issued fewer building permits in 2018

Leading the residential development list for the fifth year was the Edinburgh in Rock Springs with 32 new housing starts. Chase Meadows permitted eight, while Anchor Point, Old Island and Polo Fields each added five new homes.

Mar 20, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Morning Pointe of Greeneville residents Betty Lamb, Margaret Edwards, Ellie Lowery, Jan Bennett and Ann Van enjoy international high tea with volunteers from the Greeneville Women's Club. A Norton, Virginia, native and 2017 John I. Burton graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile cruiser, USS Port Royal. Seaman Apprentice Austin Bordlee has served in the Navy for 10 months and is a U.S. Navy ship’s serviceman aboard guided-missile cruiser operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Valentine’s Day is special and so are the residents at Elmcroft of Kingsport. Our “cupid” chef prepared prime rib with horseradish sauce, mushrooms, twice baked potatoes, Italian green beans, and chocolate dipped strawberries for the residents to enjoy at dinner. Welding was the most popular training program for 90 students participating in TCAT Elizabethton’s third annual National Technical Letter of Intent Signing Day (NC3) on Feb. 21. Students from Elizabethton, Hancock, Hampton, Cloudland, Happy Valley, Unaka, Johnson County and Science Hill high schools selected their chosen field of study that begins in the 2019 fall trimester.
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Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of March 17

Our Scrapbook Gallery features your photos highlighting 'scrapbook' moments in your lives here in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Selected photos also appear in print in our Sunday Stories section. To share your favorite scrapbook

Mar 19, 2019 at 4:30 PM
Dr. Frank Hale will present “What's Wrong with My Plants? - Insect Pests of Roses and Other Ornamentals” at 7 p.m., Thursday in Kingsport. (Photo courtesy of Joy Moore)
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What's wrong with my plants? Ask Thursday at free SAPS event

Sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS), the free program offers community members the opportunity to join the University of Tennessee Extension's leading entomologist for a look at the most common garden pests of roses and other ornamental plants in our region.

Mar 18, 2019 at 4:30 PM
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CSX

Fresh paint coming to the bridges over Wilcox

Last year, Kingsport leaders got the ball rolling to enhance one of the main entrances into downtown: the CSX bridges over Wilcox Drive. The plan is to give the bridges a fresh coat of paint, to paint “Kingsport” on the bridge facing Eastman and to landscape the four quadrants of the intersection.

Mar 18, 2019 at 11:54 AM
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation performed a routine, annual inspection of both Hammond Bridge and its sister steel bridge last week. Tennessee has allocated more than $22 million towards the repair and upgrade of both bridges.
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TDOT

Hammond Bridge on deck for repairs, upgrades

Hammond Bridge was completed in 1930 and its sister bridge in the 1969-1970 time frame. Following last week’s inspection by TDOT officials, Hammond is classified in “fair” shape, while the steel bridge is considered “good.”

Mar 18, 2019 at 9:30 AM
The Sullivan South Air Force Junior ROTC traveled to Pensacola, Florida for its annual educational field trip this year. The unit stayed on Naval Air Station Pensacola. Highlights of the visit included the USS Alabama Memorial Park in Mobile (above) and the National Naval Air Museum in Pensacola. Students got plenty of hands-on experience with awesome pieces of history. Kingsport’s Nebraska Nuckels recently celebrated her 13th birthday, along with family and friends, at the Skate Inn in Bristol, Tennessee. The event was given by her parents Michelle and Mark Nuckels. Attending along with family and friends were (front row) Olivia Smith, (Nebraska), Hope Williams, Anna Sheppard, Asia Marshall and Aybree Brantt, (back row) Erin and Anna Marshall, and (front and center) little sister Alaska Nuckel Pastor Geraldine Swagerty with her great-grandson Jaylin show their love with smiles and a hug. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars went to the state capital to lobby for Virginia veteran’s benefits. Three of those VFW members were from Southwest Virginia and lobbied their delegates and Senators specifically. Mr. Dan Boyer of the Independence post is the chairman of the VFW legislative committee, and divided the group to maximize our time with our representatives. Mr. Boyer’s and Eddie Reasor from Jonesville Virginia, and Monti Zimmerman visited Senator Bill Carrico for Grayson, Lee, Scott, Washington, Bristol, Smith, Wise and Wythe counties. They also spent time with Delegate Israel O’Quinn and Terry G Kilgore, and senators.Gary Adams from the post in Hillsville joined forces with Virginia State Commander Ken Wiseman and visited Senator Bill Stanley for Carroll, Henry, Galax, Martinsville, Patrick, Danville, Franklin, Halifax and Pittsylvania, as well as Mr. Wiseman’s representatives.
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Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of March 10

Our Scrapbook Gallery features your photos highlighting 'scrapbook' moments in your lives here in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Selected photos also appear in print in our Sunday Stories section. To share your favorite scrapbook

Mar 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM
Kick Butts Day will include a poster contest on this year's theme, "Don't vape. Stay in shape."
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Kingsport

Kick Butts Day to teach children the dangers of smoking

New Vision Youth is overseeing the event locally, in partnership with several other organizations across the region. Johnnie Mae Swagerty, executive director of New Vision Youth, said the event will use guest speakers, displays and contests to convey its anti-smoking message to children.

Mar 16, 2019 at 12:30 PM
A Kingsport automated truck collects a recycling bin. Kingsport contracts with a Knoxville firm that sorts and sell the materials.
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Recycling

Sullivan County no longer accepting plastic recyclables

Although the closure of Tri-City Waste Paper is having an impact on Sullivan County, Kingsport’s recycling program is not being affected.

Mar 16, 2019 at 8:30 AM
Michael Smelser, a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett, has coached high school soccer at Science Hill and David Crockett. (File photo)
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Kingsport

Local coach recovering from serious burns

Kingsport native and Dobyns-Bennett graduate Michael Smelser, a teacher, coach and active community member, is recovering from burns at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Mar 15, 2019 at 5:25 PM
L-R: Hope Haven Ministries Executive Director Joel Trigg, board member Brent Long, store manager Cheri Starnes, and volunteer Cindy Brumit readying the store Thursday in advance of today's opening.
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Hope Haven

Hope Haven Ministries opens thrift store

The store, at 900 Lynn Garden Dr., opened last week. But an official grand opening is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.. today and continue Saturday. The event will feature door prizes and refreshments.

Mar 15, 2019 at 9:44 AM
The featured speaker will be Amir Jamal Toure, J.D., a professor at Savannah State University in the African studies program who is affectionately known as “the people’s historian.”
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‘People’s historian’ to speak in Kingsport

Amir Jamal Toure is the featured speaker for H.O.P.E.’s Annual Black History Month and Awards program, scheduled for Saturday at the Renaissance Center. The program is free.

Mar 14, 2019 at 4:09 PM
Donations are being accepted now for New Vision Youth's upcoming educational and cultural trip.
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Kingsport

New Vision Youth raising money for trip to Cozumel, Key West

This year, the group will travel to Key West, Florida, and Cozumel, Mexico, but they need the community’s help to get there. Johnnie Mae Swagerty, executive director of New Vision Youth, said donations are being accepted now, and all contributions are tax-deductible.

Mar 13, 2019 at 2:31 PM
Senior Chief Musician Stacy B. Loggins, Chief Musician Randy A. Johnson, and Musician First Class Jeffrey R. DeRoche perform the Stubernic Fantasy with the US Navy Band at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va.
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U.S. Navy

Kingsport hosting U.S. Navy Band

One of the U.S. Navy Band’s primary responsibilities involves touring the country. All of the band’s primary performing units embark each year on concert tours throughout specified regions of the country, allowing the band to reach out to audiences in areas of the country that do not have opportunities to see the Navy's musical ensembles on a regular basis.

Mar 13, 2019 at 1:09 PM
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