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The first edition of the Kingsport Times was first published on April 27, 1916. [1] The newspaper became the Kingsport Times-News in 1944. [2] On April 19, 2023, the paper announced it would reduce its publishing cycle from seven days to six days a week. Starting in May, the Saturday and Sunday edition were combined. [3]
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The Daily News of Kingsport, Tennessee was the city's only locally owned newspaper, publishing regularly since 1971 as a daily. [citation needed] External links
Hawkins County Courthouse, ca. 1835–36, is situated at the center of Rogersville.Still in use, it is the second oldest courthouse in Tennessee. [9]In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the United States Congress from Tennessee and hero of the Alamo, settled in the Watauga colony in the area in what is today Rogersville near the spring that today bears their name. [10]
The Oak Ridger was established in 1949 by Alfred and Julia Hill. [2] It published its first edition on January 20 of that year. The first publisher was Don J. McKay. [1] The paper was owned for many years by the Hill family. [2] Dick Smyser was its long-time editor. The Hill family sold the paper to Stauffer Communications in 1987.
WJHL-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of CBS and ABC.The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on East Main Street in downtown Johnson City; its transmitter is located on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.
Faulk was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. [1] In November 2008, he was elected to the Tennessee State Senate , defeating incumbent Micheal R. Williams by the narrow margin of 29,417 to 29,171. [ 2 ] He was a Republican , representing Claiborne , Grainger , Hancock , Hawkins , Jefferson , and Union counties.
Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, its population was 55,442. [6] Lying along the Holston River, Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, which spans a portion of southwest Virginia and the mountainous counties in northeastern Tennessee.