Roan Mountain News

Uncle Dave Macon Days continue with registration at 8:30 a.m. today. Competitions begin at 9 a.m., with a motorless parade at 10 a.m. from Central Middle School on Main Street to the festival grounds at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village.

The father of two missing children found last week in the rugged mountains of Mitchell County near the Tennessee line says words can't express how much he appreciates the McDowell rescuers who plucked his youngsters from the wilderness and returned them nearly unscathed.

Siblings Lee and Heidi were located Thursday in a forested area, about a mile from where they disappeared from a parking lot.

A pair of Crocs that slipped from the feet of 6-year-old Alex Suddeath offered the first clue as to the whereabouts of the boy and his younger sister - and reason to hope they would be found alive.

An Amber Alert has been issued in Western North Carolina for two children who disappeared in the area of Roan Mountain near the Tennessee border.

In my quest to find historical information about Tennessee, Johnson County or Mountain City, I often am surprised by the generosity of the folks I encounter as I search.

Grab your banjos and shine your dancin' shoes, the 32nd annual Uncle Dave Macon Days old-time music and dance festival, presented by First Tennessee, is set to kick off July 10-12 in Cannonsburgh Village located in historic Murfreesboro.

Johnson City Police have arrested four people they believe to be in a drug ring that involves the illegal sale of prescription drugs.

Sheriff's deputies in northeast Tennessee have charged two adults and three juveniles after fires were set at a community center.

Announcement : Clinch Mountain MusicFest 2009 June 12-13, 2009 BMNN wrote: on Jun.

Most people know the Appalachian Mountains as one of America's most breathtaking sights, and escape to these majestic mountains and deciduous forests for hiking, camping and other adventures.

This week I've been feeling wound up and constrained. Thought I was going to be sick and miss this, but it cleared up overnight and me and some tamales made it to Roan Mountain in time for lunch and a long afternoon hike.

Along the Plateau and the Mountains to the North and west of Chattanooga have seen up to an inch or more, but melting.

On a summer June morning with the temperature promising to hit 90 my husband and I drove across East Tennessee to visit Roan Mountain to see the rhododendrons.

The Carter County Parks and Recreation Board is still determined to find a parcel of land to build a skateboard park, with just over $14,000 set aside in an account for the day they can secure a lot.

A subcommittee of the Carter County Landfill Board reconvened Monday from a previous meeting to discuss several options available to remedy the landfill's current money woes.

The arrival of spring at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton means a change in scenery.

Photo by Eveleigh Stewart All merchandise at Clothing Warehouse, a local, family-owned business, is priced at $7.99 or less.

D.C. "Canie" Cole from Stoney Creek was a small man, but people who knew him personally or heard stories about him would say that he was much bigger than his physical appearance.

Every June vendors, entertainers and visitors descend on downtown Elizabethton to take part in the annual Covered Bridge Celebration.