Op Ed

Courthouse development, tourist zone could help Jonesborough

A Courthouse Revitalization and Tourist Development Zone for the downtown historic district in Jonesborough is a great idea.
Residents of …

Another literature Nobel prize recipient — Albert Camus — was remembered in January who died, tragically, in an automobile accident …

The two dozen people who attended a public hearing earlier this month concerning an application to relocate a portion of …

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, causing a catastrophe of …

The Environmental Protection Agency knew for a long time the public health threats from current coal-ash disposal methods.
In 2002 …

Replacement of the 1907 Clinchfield Railroad single-lane tunnel on Knob Creek Road in Washington County is critical to the needs …

Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten …

When the U.S. Forest Service, under its then Chief Dombeck, initiated a study on areas in the national forests that …

Gov. Phil Bredesen is exercising his constitutional authority to call for a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly focusing …

The Washington County Bar Association is to be complemented for its charitable work in 2009 benefiting area institutions and residents. …

In such bitter cold as has held sway in our region these weeks, two cyclists (with a support vehicle) rolled …

A guest column in the Johnson City Press in November bore this headline: Finding clean water could be a struggle …

Last week it was suggested that Washington Countys New Years Resolution should be the installation of clean utility water to …