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Three local school districts struggling to find enough staff members have closed for the remainder of the week as hundreds of people continue to test positive for COVID-19 in Blount County each day.
Three local school districts struggling to find enough staff members have closed for the remainder of the week as hundreds of people continue …
In March the Blount County Board of Education will consider a proposal to to raise teacher pay 2% in addition to a step increase and make furt…
Investigators with the Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force arrested an 18-year-old Greenback man, charging him with intent to resell three differen…
The Townsend Board of Commissioners passed a resolution during their January meeting to allocate a portion of their federal COVID-19 relief fu…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But th…
Maryville College senior Nico Starcher has been named the 2021 Youth Governor’s Volunteer Star for Blount County for his contributions to Rock…
Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week, no…
Matthew Plummer was about 16 years old when he went on his first call with the Townsend Volunteer Fire Department, an experience that laid the…
Maryville Police officers arrested a man shortly after midnight Monday, early on Tuesday after allegedly hearing a gunshot originate from a ve…
The past six years have been critical in the revitalization of Downtown Maryville, while the next six are hoped to more firmly grasp the inter…
Donations poured into animal welfare groups Monday, Jan. 17, in honor of actress and animal advocate Betty White, support that leaders of loca…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting "the sacred …
Alcoa City Schools announced it will be closed both Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 18-19, because of “inclement weather, as well as staff and stu…
The third winter weather system in as many weeks brought 1.8 inches of snow to Maryville, but no major problems were reported as of Monday afternoon.
The Maryville-Alcoa-Blount Parks and Recreation Department offers a number of options and activities that enable people to stay moving and mot…
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams says he doesn't "like going through the motions with anything" as he accepts his third Tom Mulhern Stand-Up Guy Award while speaking to the media via Zoom videoconference on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, from Green Bay.
Proceeds from this song and video will benefit Music Health Alliance. #WereAllInThisTogetherNow
The Power of Spirituals is a virtual concert experience featuring the American Spiritual Ensemble, conducted by Founder and Music Director Dr. Everett McCorvey, combined with narratives by author Eileen Guenther from her recently published book, In Their Own Words: Slave Life and the Power o…
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