Sunday Dec 27 | Asheville Citizen-Times
French Broad EMC working to restore electrical service
French Broad Electric Membership Corporation is continuing to restore service to its customers and currently has around 2,500 customers without power.
Land Swap Is Proposed For Rocky Fork
In a continuing effort to acquire and protect more of the property known as Rocky Fork, the U.S. Forest Service is considering a possible exchange of Cherokee National Forest land in Unicoi County.
Four charged with TennCare fraud
Four people are charged separately with TennCare fraud in Davidson, Unicoi and Dyer counties, with all the cases involving charges of using TennCare to purchase prescription pain medication and, in one case, selling the pills to an undercover agent, according to a news release.
If the weather turns icy, many roads will be ready
Tennessee highway crews spent most of Friday dumping an icing-preventative brine solution over Northeast Tennessee roads and interstates as they readied for what was expected to be the region's first major snowstorm.
Fire tears through area church
Members of Chestoa Baptist Church watched helplessly today as flames and smoke destroyed their house of worship.
High Wind Warning for East Tenn. & NE Ga.
The National Weather Service has issued a "High Wind Warning" for the Eastern-most counties in Tennessee.
High traffic volume on I-40 detour routes means more wrecks, and more traffic
A crash just before four this morning sent one to the hospital. It happened on Highway 81, in Washington County, Tenn., near the intersection of Deacon Creek Road, about a mile from the Unicoi County line.
Over millennia of time, Native Americans, soldiers, militiamen, colonists, drovers, prospectors, bushwhackers, guerrillas all passed over it.
Power is back on in Unicoi County
The power is back on in Unicoi County after a lengthy outage Thursday night. Dispatchers told 11 Connects the power went out in most of the county around 10:15 last night, including the areas of Erwin and Unicoi.
Officer rescues bear cub after hit on highway
ERWIN, Tenn.- Heather Rheams is accustomed to handling animals in her job as a K-9 officer for the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department.
Bear cub injured in traffic incident, being nursed back to health
A bear cub was struck by a car on Interstate 26 in Unicoi County sometime over the weekend and is now being nursed back to health with the help of an animal-loving police officer.
Truck passenger in serious condition after I-26 crash
Unicoi Co., Tenn. - The passenger of a tractor trailer that crashed on I-26 remained in serious condition at the Johnson City Medical Center Saturday.
National Weather Highlight for 10 / 17 / 09: Southern Appalachian Mountain snow likely into 10 / 18
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.
UCSD: Suspect Buried Marijuana In The Ground
The Unicoi County Sheriff Department's Narcotics Division made a large marijuana bust Sunday, outside a pair of trailers in the Limestone Cove area of Unicoi Tenn.
Winter Weather Advisory in East Tenn.
PINPOINT 8 WEATHER CENTER -- Accumulating snow is expected for the higher elevations of East Tennessee, Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
Preparations were in high gear this morning in the Town of Unicoi for the first Old-Timey Days Heritage Festival this weekend.
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East Tenn. expects record bear hunt this year
Wildlife officials are predicting another record bear hunt in Tennessee. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports that 187 bears have been taken already and the 2009 season is less than two weeks old.
Interview with a oeHot Shotsa Firefighter
Dennis Trentham, the Superintendant for the Cherokee Hotshot Crew with the U.S. Forest Service, stationed in Unicoi, Tenn.
Hwy 81 Now Open After Crash Killed One and Sent Two To The Hospital
Washington Co., Tenn. - Highway 81 is back open this morning, after a wreck that killed one person and sent two others to the hospital.