Roan Mountain News

Police are trying to find out how a vehicle went into the river in Roan Mountain on Saturday and caught fire.

A tour of the prehistoric Mound Bottom archeological site that is part of the Harpeth River State Park is one of the offerings of outdoor activities this weekend.

Three people were injured in a three vehicle chain-reaction accident on Friday on Broad Street near its intersection with Elm Street.

UPDATE: Emergency crews have confirmed two people died in the plane crash in Carter County Thursday.

As an unseasonably cold northwest wind flow banks against the high terrain of the Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina Appalachian Mountain Region, snow will develop late Saturday 10 / 17 into early Sunday 10 / 18.

What to do and where to go to enjoy a colorful fall: What: Roan Mountain on the North Carolina-Tennessee border.

The 2009-2010 Tennessee State Parks Running Tour will kick off on Saturday, Oct.

The bands didn't just play. They danced. They acted. They told stories. And they competed.

A Dugspur woman was known for six months as "No Nails" as she trudged and climbed the 2,178 miles of the Appalachian Trail - despite her bad back, hurt ankle and fear of heights - and recently returned home triumphant.

The ACL will be planning nature trips to places such as Bays Mountain and Roan Mountain.

UPDATE 10:52 a.m. //// The names of the two victims of this morning's shooting in Carter County have been identified as Grover E. Richardson, age 56, of 1180 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton, and the proposed shooter, Robert B. McKinney, age 40, 102 Rainbows End, Roan Mountain, Tenn.

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.