Watauga News

Sun-washed mountains, aglow in autumn's blazing kiss, bask in scarlet splendor 'neath a dome of azure blue.

It is of much interest to me that the area that is now Johnson County has been under so many different governmental bodies.

Washington Co., Tenn. - A young boy, estimated by witnesses at three or four years old, was the focus of a tragic rescue effort Saturday.

Old Butler Days was held this past Friday and Saturday under warm and sunny August skies at Babe Curtis Park.

A young girl tossed a scrap of bread to a goose in Centennial Park's Lake Watauga.

A young girl tossed a scrap of bread to a goose in Centennial Park's Lake Watauga.

A young girl tossed a scrap of bread to a goose in Centennial Park's Lake Watauga.

Members of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church have been donating their time and talents to help ready a disaster relief laundry unit equipped with three washers and four dryers.

The City of Watauga, Tennessee fired one of its two police officers. The one who once served as Sheriff of Carter County.

A body found by rafters in the Watauga River has been identified as that of a fisherman missing for a week.

Red Clay State Park Fireside Storytelling / Friday Nights in July - Bring a picnic dinner and settle in for an evening of magic.

Wildlife officials are investigating after hundreds of fish were found dead and dozens of ducks and geese found either dead or dying in Nashville's Centennial Park.

On July 18th, train enthusiasts will get a rare treat: a 3-hour tour through the Hiwassee River Gorge.

The City of Elizabethton's Electrical System, Water Department, Public Works Department, City Management, County Planning / Zoning and Watauga Regional Water Authority located in Carter County a part of Northeastern Tennessee, selected Spatial Data Integrations, Inc.

If things go as planned, the University District's Walker Avenue might become a very fitting name.

A 75-year-old man died after his SUV crashed through a telephone pole in Carter County Friday night.

On April 22nd, Washington County Tennessee Sheriff's deputies filed a criminal summons for simple assault against John Henson.

Renowned Nashville businessman Nelson Andrews died on Saturday morning after a long battle with leukemia.

Mr. Charles Kenneth Adams, 69, 168 Maple Tree Lane, Watauga, Tenn., died Friday, May 8, 2009, in the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center, following an extended illness.

OK. Maybe this wasn't the scene in Tuesday night's soccer game between Elizabethton and Chuckey-Doak. But it was close.