Hawkins BOE chooses two non-locals as director of schools finalists

"I thought the (local candidates) would have an advantage going into the interviews, and they certainly did interview well, but I think the experience at that level outweighed the advantage that the (locals) had." — Hawkins BOE chairman Bob Larkins

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Northeast State Community College

Two Northeast presidential finalists on campus this week

Bethany Flora, associate director of the Center for Community College Leadership at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, and Joel Welch, vice president of Instructional Services for Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., are the finalists announced Oct. 10 by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Flora will be in Blountville 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Welch 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

Yesterday at 9:30 AM

Streamworks

‘We don’t have a choice’ — STREAMWORKS director says STEM education vital for students and economy

KINGSPORT — Whether robotics, underwater robotics, drones or other such things are front and center, STREAMWORKS Executive Director Dennis Courtney’s job is all about getting K-12 students involved hands-on in science, technology, engineering and math

Oct 15, 2018 at 12:42 PM

A voter casts an early ballot at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium in this 2016 photo. Early voting for the Nov. 6 election starts Wednesday.

Civics 101

Civics 101: Early voting begins Wednesday

You’ve probably heard of the two partisan candidates, but did you know in all there are 28 people running for governor of Tennessee on the November 6 ballot?

Updated Oct 15, 2018 at 9:18 AM

Wise, Scott, Lee schools get security grants

Del. Terry Kilgore, who made the announcement about the state awards, said, “Keeping our children safe is a priority of the General Assembly.”

Oct 15, 2018 at 12:50 AM

Hiltons native Gerry Weatherly, who grew up with June Carter as a classmate, has always loved reading. So when she retired, Gerry returned to her hometown where she works to pass that love of reading on to current students at Hilton Elementary.

Sunday Stories

Don't tell Hiltons' Gerry Weatherly you can't go home again

The 89-year-old who refers to herself as a 'recycled teenager' loves nothing more than giving back to the community where she was raised.

Oct 14, 2018 at 4:30 PM

Left to right, Miller Perry Elementary students Addison Mounger, Laylei Lawson and Izzy Kendrinks particpate in the "coin war" to raise money for Innovation Academy eighth grader Chloe Cress, who has cancer.

Chloe Cress

Miller Perry students raise more than $2,200 for eighth-grade cancer patient

A former student at Miller Perry Elementary School, Chloe, an eighth grader at Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee, was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, also known as RMS. It is a rare and aggressive form of pediatric cancer.

Oct 13, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Dobyns-Bennett High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps was honored Thursday night by the Kingsport school board for winning a Distinguished Unit Award for the 11th straight year.

Kingsport Board of Education

Kingsport school calendar set for 2019-20

School for students starts Aug. 5 and ends May 20, both half days.

Oct 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM

A playground structure at Kennedy Elementary has plywood blocking what was access to a chain ladder removed because it was unsafe. Efforts are underway to raise money to replace/renovate the playground.

Kennedy Elementary School playground

Kennedy Coyotes may have run of new playground this school year

Kennedy Elementary School Principal Janice Irvin said parents have told her much of the playground equipment at the school dates back to its days as a Sullivan County school and that some is likely from the 1950s.

Oct 12, 2018 at 3:48 PM

Castle playground

New 'castle' coming to Johnson in March

Because fundraising efforts have reached the 90 percent thresh hold, the iconic 1990 “castle” playground — which got its name from the obvious castle design and has been used by generations of area children as well as students at Johnson — be replaced in a community build in March 5-10, 2019.

Oct 11, 2018 at 7:30 PM

WCPS keeps eyes peeled on two legislative committees

Wise County Public Schools officials are keeping both eyes peeled on the work of two Virginia General Assembly committees, one hopeful and one wary.

Oct 10, 2018 at 5:15 PM

Northeast State Community College

Two finalists for Northeast president announced

Bethany Flora, Ph.D. and associate director for the Center for Community College Leadership at ETSU, and Joel Welch, Ph.D. and vice president of Instructional Services for Forsyth are the finalists, the Tennessee Board of Regents announced Wednesday afternoon.

Oct 10, 2018 at 4:32 PM

The meeting is open to the public and set to start at 5 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2018.

Regionalism

The birth of regionalism?

The county commissions of Sullivan County and Washington County will meet jointly next week to talk about how to work together — and planners hope the effort will grow to include surrounding counties to “make things better for the whole region.”

Oct 9, 2018 at 8:12 PM

First class to graduate in modern D-B building holding 50th reunion

The Dobyns-Bennett Class of 1968, or those of it that make the reunion journey, will this weekend mark the half-century since proms and Pomp and Circumstance. The class began attending the new school in the fall of 1967, when D-B opened on Fort Henry Drive, and a vocational wing was added later, as was a new music building.

Oct 9, 2018 at 11:26 AM

The Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning (KACL) will offer a full lineup of fall classes and activities, Oct. 9-Nov. 16, at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education, located at 300 W. Market Street in Downtown Kingsport.