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Mountain City News

Local news for Mountain City, TN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | High Country Press

Local Gardens: Vonnie Smith Brings Blooms to Boone

"I love my work," said landscaper Vonnie Smith. "The whole reason I got into this business is because flowers make people happy.

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Related Topix: Laurel Bloomery, TN, Appalachian State University, Home Gardening, Home

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Tomahawk Online

Goose Creek Trail receives $419,120 enhancement grant

Governor Phil Bredesen joined state and local leaders including City Mayor Kevin Parsons, Alderman Willis Walker and Lt.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Phil Bredesen, Tennessee, Laurel Bloomery, TN, Johnson County, TN

Tomahawk Online

County adopts new budget with no tax increase

On Thursday evening the Johnson County Board of Commissioners adopted a budget for 2008-2009 in excess of $29 million without a property tax increase, but later passed a resolution to place a local option sales ...

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Related Topix: Johnson County, TN

Tomahawk Online

Old country stores provided needed supplies for farming community

I grew up in rural Johnson County in an area that is now known as Swift Hollow and I remember the two country stores that served that particular community when I was young.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Johnson County, TN

Tomahawk Online

Fire Forces "Crazy John's" to Close

One of Johnson County's most popular eateries caught fire on Sunday, August 17th, forcing the business to close indefinitely, if not permanently.

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Thu Aug 21, 2008

Jacksonsun.com

Book a time to donate to library

Dolly Parton needs YOU!, Gibson County. The East Tennessee icon's Imagination Library has fallen on rocky times in Gibson County.

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Related Topix: Trenton, TN, Gibson County, TN, Gibson, TN

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Tomahawk Online

Recalling when trains ran Daily to Bristol

I was today trying to imagine what it was like during Mountain City's railroad days.

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Related Topix: Bluff City, TN, Elizabethton, TN, Watauga, TN, Johnson County, TN

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Tomahawk Online

City Council covers many agenda items

A 30-year career of law enforcement service, an unsung hero, deployment of the 776th National Guard, and beer sales were the main topics at the regular meeting of the Mountain City Board of Mayor and Aldermen ...

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Related Topix: Johnson County, TN

Tue Aug 05, 2008

TMCnet

Verizon Wireless Covers all of Tennessee

Verizon Wireless announced that it spent over $78 million to enhance voice and data services and coverage throughout Tennessee in the first six months of 2008.

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Related Topix: Tennessee

Fri Aug 01, 2008

Watauga Democrat

The head football coach for Johnson County high school was arrested...

The head football coach for Johnson County high school was arrested Thursday, July 24, on charges of driving under the influence and a violation of implied consent.

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Related Topix: Elizabethton, TN

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Tomahawk Online

Going to town was an important time in my growing up years

Going to "town" was a big deal for me when I was a youngster growing up on a small farm in the Dewey Community of Johnson County.

6 comments

Related Topix: Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Johnson County, TN

Tomahawk Online

Going to town was an important time in my growing up years

Going to "town" was a big deal for me when I was a youngster growing up on a small farm in the Dewey Community of Johnson County.

6 comments

Related Topix: Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Johnson County, TN

The Daily News

Democratic Senate Contenders Target Alexander

Bob Tuke U.S. Senate Democratic Contender Tuke is a Nashville attorney and former chairman of the state Democratic party.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro, Knox County, TN, Tennessee, Opinion

Mon Jul 28, 2008

The Daily News

Democratic Senate Contenders Target Alexander

Bob Tuke U.S. Senate Democratic Contender Tuke is a Nashville attorney and former chairman of the state Democratic party.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro, Knox County, TN, Tennessee, Opinion

Sat Jul 26, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Slience: Was camera too candid for officer?

It's not everyday someone gets arrested for photographing a cop. But that's apparently what happened in Mountain City in Northeast Tennessee.

11 comments

Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, Knoxville (University of Tennessee System), Knoxville Metro, University of Tennessee System

Wed Jul 23, 2008

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Festivals Combine For Sunflower/Sunrise Event

The sunflower swivels its head to track the sun's progress across the sky, and the sun rises in a slightly different place every day.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Pigeon Forge, TN

Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Slience: Was camera too candid for officer?

It's not everyday someone gets arrested for photographing a cop. But that's apparently what happened in Mountain City in Northeast Tennessee.

11 comments

Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, Knoxville (University of Tennessee System), Knoxville Metro, University of Tennessee System

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

'It's Illegal to Take a Picture of a Law Enforcement Officer'

Last month Scott Conover was driving on Highway 421 in Mountain City, Tennessee, when he saw a Johnson County sheriff's deputy, Starling McCloud, on the side of the road near a Mustang he had just pulled over.

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Related Topix: Johnson County, TN

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Tomahawk Online

County schools set to open next month

With school still in summer recess and classes for a new school year set to begin next month, the Johnson County Board of Education met in regular session on July 10th in the conference room at the Johnson ...

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Related Topix: City University of New York System, City University of Seattle, City College (City University of New York System), Morris College, Morris (University of Minnesota System)

Tomahawk Online

Sunflower Festival presents celebrity impersonators

On Saturday, July 26 at 7:30, as a culminating event for the Mountain City Sunflower/Sunrise festival, the Living Legends, a group of celebrity impersonators, will be presenting a concert at Heritage Hall.

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Mountain City, Tennessee is located in Johnson County. Zip codes in Mountain City, TN include 37683.

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