Cocke County News

After years of controversy, the Pigeon River's future water quality will be determined by the upcoming renewal permit for the Blue Ridge Paper Products mill in Canton, N.C., according to a press release from Clean Water Expected in East Tennessee .

Phil Roe, M.D., member of Congress announced that the Cocke County Board of Education will receive $154,119 for video-conferencing equipment to link 12 rural schools with the High School and Workforce Development Center in Johnson City.

The Tennessee Department of Revenues Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to the indictment, arrest and guilty plea of Patsy Ann Quinton, age 56.

Exercising his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, Cocke County General Sessions Judge John Bell has refused to answer the allegations filed against him in October in the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary.

The U.S. Forest Service in Greeneville announced Friday that Weavers Bend Road, Forest Service Road 209C, along the French Broad River in Cocke County will be temporarily closed due to damage.

Cocke County Partnership President Don Hurst told members of the group's executive committee on Monday, "We can ask, but we can't force," when asked why traffic continues to be directed up I-81 to I-26, rather than Highway 25/70. Hurst said he and Cocke County Mayor Iliff McMahan have already met with state officials regarding the Oct.

A paid holiday turned into an extra-long working day for around 40 employees in Cocke County on Wednesday.

Cocke County officials aren't waiting to see the impact of the Interstate 40 rockslide in North Carolina before taking corrective action.

The sale is held the first Saturday of each month at Stokely Memorial Library, 383 East Broadway, Newport.

Cocke County officials are pursing all available avenues in an effort to minimize and resolve problems resulting from the Oct.

The Tennessee Economic Development Council announces its board officers for 2009-20010. Paul Latture and Holly Sears Weber from the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce were elected President and Middle Tennessee Representative by the membership at the TEDCa s annual fall conference held in Kingsport, TN.

Two Cocke County residents were charged Tuesday by a Greene County sheriff's deputy who stopped their car because it matched the description of a vehicle that was believed to have been involved in an attempted burglary in western Greene County.

The detour caused by the Interstate 40 rockslide in North Carolina near the Tennessee border could bury a business that is located off I-40 in Newport.

A Knoxville woman is facing multiple charges in the alleged robbery of two Cosby women on Oct.

The lucky winner of Saturday's second annual Chili Cook-off will later appear on television as the guest of one of the judges, Chef Walter.

Governor Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber recently approved a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to assist in infrastructure improvements at two target areas in the Point Pleasant Community of Cocke County.

Compactors and repairs at the Cosby Convenience Center dominated discussion during Monday's Landfill Committee meeting at the Courthouse Annex.

During a three-day term of criminal court this week, Circuit Judge Ben W. Hooper II accepted guilty pleas from nine defendants, mostly in theft and drug cases.

Five Cocke County residents have been accused of passing thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit bills in Newport, authorities said today.

The Cocke County High School Cross Country squad seemed to be peaking at the right time heading toward the end of the season.