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Johnson City commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Jenny Brock as the new mayor during Thursday's meeting. By a 3-2 vote, commissioners also appointed Joe Wise as vice mayor.

Unexpected changes come for city 150th celebration committee
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Manhunt underway for man accused of attempted murder near Kingsport
We got a solid 11 inches here. Spent Sunday afternoon building an igloo in the back yard. Pictured: Scott, William (10) and Jacob (3). Submitted by Teresa Hicks, Gray.

Photos and video: The Igloo Project

Don't ask for a laugh, get it naturally: 5 questions with local comic Hunter Roberts

Johnson City residents woke up to that promised snowfall.

Promised snow delivered to Tri-Cities
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Meet the man in front of the orchestra
Good Samaritan Ministries Volunteer Coordinator Seth Silmon in the the ministry’s “teen marketplace” where parents will be able to select gifts for their teenagers.

Good Samaritan Ministry wrapping up Christmas for more than 1,000 kids, teens and seniors
B'nai Sholom Congregation Rabbi Arthur Rutberg lights the menorah, a seven-lamp Hebrew lampstand, during a 2017 Chanuka, otherwise known as Hanukkah, celebration.

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Johnson City commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Jenny Brock as the new mayor during Thursday's meeting. By a 3-2 vote, commissioners also appointed Joe Wise as vice mayor.
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Johnson City 150th Anniversary

Unexpected changes come for city 150th celebration committee

Changes announced this week by Johnson City Mayor Jenny Brock to the direction and plans of the commission tasked with celebrating the city’s 150th anniversary took some of the group’s own members by surprise.

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Jared Matthew Jarvis and his wife recently moved here from Houston, Texas, so it stands to reason he would want to capture the season’s first big snow in Johnson City.
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Reader Video: Snow in the Tri-Cities

Jared Matthew Jarvis and his wife recently moved here from Houston, Texas, so it stands to reason he would want to capture the season’s first big snow in Johnson City. Scroll down for the montage he made:

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Johnson City 150th Anniversary

Today in Johnson City History: December 13

Dec. 13, 1937: The Johnson City Business and Professional Women met at the Hotel John Sevier. Marie Harrison was program chairman for the evening; the topic was “What We Buy and Sell Within the United States.” Future Johnson City Today at 8:00 AM

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It only seems like you got all 5.1 billion robocalls

 "Two years from now, spam will be solved” — Bill Gates, then chairman of Microsoft Corp., assuring World Economic Forum participants in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2004, that software engineers would find ways to eliminate spam emails by Today at 7:45 AM

General Shale was one of the eight businesses recognized with a Milestone Achievement Award on Tuesday by Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership. The brick and masonary company has operated in Johnson City since 1928.
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Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership

General Shale among businesses honored by NETREP

General Shale was the oldest company recognized by NETREP at the ceremony. The newest was FWG Special Springs, which began its operations in 2013.

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Lottie Ryans, who heads FTDD’s workforce and literacy programs, helps Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable display a map of the 14 counties in Tennessee that are now certified as Work Ready communities. Sullivan and Hawkins are the first in Northeast Tennessee to recieve the certification.
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Hawkins, Sullivan counties are 'Work Ready' communities

Venable said only 248 counties in the nation have achieved the WRC designation, with Hawkins and Sullivan counties among the 14 located in Tennessee. The other Volunteer State counties to earn the distinction are in West Tennessee.

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Out and About

2 chances to catch Appalachian Men’s Ensemble's concert, “Yuletide Fires”

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Baba Yaga Stew will be heading the Jonesborough Contra Dance this weekend.
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Dance into the Christmas spirit! Historic Jonesborough Dance Society presents Christmas contra

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A Great Disaster will perform at The Down Home this weekend.
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Out and About

10 Out and About Things To Do

Santa, sunshine, stories and more ways to get out and about this weekend! 

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Gypsy Circus Cider Company will host a burlesque and variety show Saturday evening.
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Out and About

In the spotlight: Fun on tap

 

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ETSU's Jeromy Rodriguez is second in the country in rebounding at 12.4 per game.
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ETSU Basketball

Bucs' Rodriguez to see a friendly face at Illinois

When Jeromy Rodriguez steps onto the court Saturday as the East Tennessee State basketball team gets ready to play at Illinois, he’ll see a familiar face.

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Rich Sampson, membership and communications director of the Community Transportation Association of America, address the crowd Wednesday night on the possibility of a passenger rail being extended into Bristol, Virginia.
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Business

Bristol is making steps to bring passenger rails back to the city

Wednesday night, Tony Horst of AECOM, presented the study to a meeting room full of stakeholders, government officials and interested community members eager to hear the most recent news on the project.

Dec 12, 2018 at 11:55 PM
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Report: Johnson City woman crashed twice with infant, fled Kingsport police

KINGSPORT — A Johnson City woman was arrested after striking another vehicle at a red light, fleeing police, then crashing into a pole at Holston Valley Medical Center — all while intoxicated with an infant in her car, according to police.

Dec 12, 2018 at 8:49 PM
International Paper employees with their annual gift to the Johnson City Press Christmas Box - 1,500 large cardboard boxes printed with the Christmas Box logo. Packed with all the makings of a Christmas dinner and several additional family meals, the boxes will soon go out to the families of every Salvation Army Angel Tree child in Washington, Carter and Unicoi counties.
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Good Neighbor

Christmas gift giving for area children, teens and seniors in need dashing to completion

The charitable giving season is in its final days with three of the community’s largest Christmas gift distributions for low-income children, teens, seniors and families set to play out Friday through Tuesday.

Dec 12, 2018 at 8:49 PM
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Manhunt underway for man accused of attempted murder near Kingsport

KINGSPORT — Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office deputies were searching Wednesday night for an armed man accused of trying to kill a woman near Kingsport.

Dec 12, 2018 at 8:38 PM
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