Elizabethton News

The Watauga River Regional Water Authority is preparing to move ahead on two major projects in the coming weeks, as the board during its Thursday meeting approved a contract for an eight-inch test well for the Fish Springs project, while bids will be opened next Thursday for the filtration plant and water lines to serve the county's drinking water ...

Two people from Elizabethton are in trouble with the law after police arrested them for stealing items out of someone's car.

Three people will appear in Washington County General Sessions Court on Thursday, after Johnson City Police arrested them in connection to multiple auto burglaries that occurred at a local restaurant.

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - A plea bargain in which a northeast Tennessee man admitted to drug charges allowed him to escape moonshining penalties.

Johnson City leaders may soon learn whether or not they will be able to turn an old railroad into a 10-mile trail.

ROCHESTER -- Ronald W. Royce, age 70, of Elizabethton, Tenn., "flew" straight into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, Oct.

The rain remained at bay long enough for Carter County to celebrate its first-ever "Octoberfest" in downtown Elizabethton Saturday.

The Unicoi County Sheriff's Department arrested Misty D. King of Johnson City and Kelly Hernandez of Johnson City on charges of prostitution and possession of marijuana.

A small plane crashed and burned Thursday afternoon in mountainous terrain in Carter County, killing both persons aboard, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

A state fish hatchery could begin construction within a year in East Tennessee after the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency got approval to move ahead on design.

An Iraq war veteran, and Elizabethton resident, said the Johnson City Police Department tarnished his reputation.

An Elizabethton man has been arrested and charged with 4 counts of rape of a child.

The Johnson City Police Department reports today that they've wrapped up two separate theft cases.

The dedicated volunteers on the second annual Pumpkin Festival committee have worked hard to improve last year's already successful event.

"His dad was in the Guard, so it didn't matter at all to me. I'm proud of him. He's No.

A northeast Tennessee fisherman has died in a fall into the Watauga River. The Johnson City Press reported the victim was 68-year-old Joe Pierce of Elizabethton.

McDonald's restaurants in the Tri-Cities area are partnering with local schools to help subsidize education budgets.

The Johnson County Grand Jury indicted Brenda J. Buchanan, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, on Friday in response to a fatal accident, which occurred on September 15th on Highway 67 at mile marker 2, about a mile north of Butler taking the life of an Emergency Medical Technician and the patient being transported for treatment.

The Tennessee National Guard says about 200 soldiers will be getting home from Iraq a little earlier than expected.

Watauga County law enforcement and Tennessee law enforcement agencies collaborated Friday for their annual Hands Across the Border checkpoint on U.S. 421.