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Shown here is a proposed architectural design for the inside of the Gate City Theatre.

Gate City Theatre restoration project moving forward
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Heroin, meth seized from alleged Kingsport drug dealer
Graham Barnes was recently accepted to the prestigious HARID Conservatory.

Kingsport teen accepted to prestigious ballet school
Saint Dominic Catholic School third graders Joshua Dziczkowski, Riya Sekhar, Lily Potter and Brendan Bennett plant pollinator plants on school grounds in August of 2019.

Milkweed-munching butterflies: Saint Dominic garden wins wildlife habitat designation
Sterling Project Development recently provided this conceptual drawing to the city of what a portion of the old General Shale property could look like. SPD is recommending a multi-purpose outdoor venue be built on the western side of the property, while the eastern 25 acres be reserved for residential development.

Kingsport takes next step in outdoor venue project
MBI will provide at least two more design options for improving and expanding Sullivan County jail facilities, along with more exact cost estimates within the next month or so, County Mayor Richard Venable said. In this conceptual drawing, presented to county officials August 20: the white sections represent current structures, the five dark blue sections are new "pods" on the back of the current jail, the purple and green sections are proposed new operational support areas (kitchen, laundry, booking, storage, etc.) and the hot pink in the lower left represents a potential expansion to the jail "annex." In theory, with that expansion the "annex" would become a women-only jail.

If plan OK'd today, new Sullivan jail space would be two years out, cost $56M

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Appalachian League

Routed by Reds, K-Mets lose ground in playoff race

GREENEVILLE — Nipping at the heels of an Appalachian League playoff berth, Kingsport lost a little of its footing on Thursday night.

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In this file photo Maria Catron, deputy director of the Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority, fields questions about the rehabilitation of Cloud Apartments. Catron was recently named as the new executive director of the Oak Ridge Housing Authority, a position she will assume next month.
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Housing Authority

Kingsport housing official leaving for job in Oak Ridge

Maria Catron said she was drawn to Oak Ridge because many organizations working on affordable housing – the housing authority, the Oak Ridge Land Bank, the Oak Ridge city staff, and others – all seem to be on the same page.

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Lee High’s Olivia Baker tees off during the Mountain 7 District golf match at Cedar Hills in Jonesville Thursday. Baker shot a 25 to finish third behind Abingdon’s Grace Addison and Katie Hall.
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Sports Live

Abingdon takes M7 golf match after format change offsets Lee player’s hot start

JONESVILLE — Things were going brilliantly for Lee High’s Olivia Baker Thursday through the first five holes of the Mountain 7 District golf match at Cedar Hills Country Club.

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Shown here is a proposed architectural design for the inside of the Gate City Theatre.
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Gate City Frontier

Gate City Theatre restoration project moving forward

Gate City Frontier, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring downtown, has been spearheading the project in conjunction with town officials. Architectural designs for the facility were recently completed, and fundraising efforts are now underway.

 

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An old country store on a dirt road in North Carolina.
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Smithsonian

Smithsonian traveling exhibit coming to Morristown

Designed for small-town museums, libraries and cultural organizations, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will serve as a community meeting place for conversations about how rural America has changed.

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Each week, members of our sports staff at the Times News and Johnson City Press test their powers of prognostication with "this week's football picks."
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Sports Live

Can the Vikings topple the Tribe? One panelist thinks so

While they’ll have to wait to tackle Southwest Virginia, college and pro games, the sports staff figured it might as well get revved up with what promises to be an exciting slate of games on the Northeast Tennessee side of the line.

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Carter County officials said a man was shot Thursday afternoon in the Stoney Creek community.
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Road rage escalates to shooting in Carter County

ELIZABETHTON — One man was shot twice during an apparent road rage incident in the Hunter community of Stoney Creek shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday.

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Outdoors

Tennessee hunters should target these dates

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency encourages regular hunters to introduce friends and family members (young and old) to the outdoor sport. The day is also an excellent opportunity for people who have not been hunting in a while to be reintroduced to the sport.

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WKPT-TV master control in downtown Kingsport, on-air switcher on left, Holston Mountain transmitter remote control unit on right.
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The day television came to Kingsport: WKPT-TV signed on the air 50 years ago

When the Kingsport Broadcasting Company applied for a license from the FCC to build and operate a TV station, it proposed a couple of VHF channels  so the company could compete on the same playing field with Channels 5 and 11.

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Sports Live

Union poised for another Mountain 7 volleyball run

The Mountain 7 District is one of the toughest VHSL Class 2 conferences in the state. This year will be no different.

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Heroin, meth seized from alleged Kingsport drug dealer

A continuing investigation of narcotics trafficking in Sullivan County has netted police a large stash of drugs, a Cadillac, and nearly $10,000 in cash.

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Construction fraud, child porn and meth charges in SW. Va.

A Coeburn man was sentenced to five years in prison for construction fraud against five Wise County victims, while a Tennessee man faces nearly 650 years on child porn charges in Wise County. 

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Graham Barnes was recently accepted to the prestigious HARID Conservatory.
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Ballet

Kingsport teen accepted to prestigious ballet school

Graham Barnes was recently accepted to HARID Conservatory, a prestigious, year-round ballet training school in Boca Raton, Florida. He will begin his freshman year there in a few days, joining just 34 students from around the world who were accepted to the school.

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Sports Live

Photo gallery: Sullivan South at Sullivan Central volleyball

On Tuesday night inside the Dickie Warren Dome, the Sullivan Central Lady Cougars halted South’s 52-game regular season conference winning streak — 65 counting postseason — with a thrilling five-set match 25-20, 26-28, 20-25, 25-17 and 15-8.

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Sullivan Central ends Sullivan South’s conference win streak

It had been nearly five years since the Sullivan South Lady Rebels had lost a District 1-AA volleyball contest. On Tuesday night, the Sullivan Central Lady Cougars halted South’s 52-game regular season conference winning streak

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