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Hawkins County leaders plan to reach out to local municipalities about the possibility of partnering with the county and the Hawkins County EMS in a quasi-governmental joint venture.

Wages were the focus of much of the discussion on Monday when the Budget Committee reviewed a number of spending requests for the new fiscal year.

The additional funding approved by the city on Thursday is contingent on county commissioners approving the same $100,000 funding increase for 911 and $150,000 for EMS.

The additional funding approved by the city on Thursday is contingent on county commissioners approving the same $100,000 funding increase for 911 and $150,000 for EMS.

The Washington County Budget Committee agreed on a tentative plan Tuesday for balancing the county’s proposed $49 million general fund budget for the new fiscal year, which begins on July

Washington County commissioners said Wednesday they fear inflation will make an already “challenging” budget-setting process even more difficult this year.

Some volunteer fire departments in Washington County have had a boost in the number of fire truck operators through a cross-training agreement with Washington County/Johnson City EMS. Limestone, Gray and Nolichuckey fire departments all have EMS personnel stationed in the same building with an EMS response vehicle. EMS isn’t always dispatched to a fire call as a separate unit, but now those advanced EMTs have had firefighter cross training on how to operate the pumper trucks. Because volun...

Eight David Crockett High seniors will graduate with a state certification for a career option after completing all the requirements to become a Basic EMT. Yes, the next time you have a medical emergency, it just might be a completely certified EMT right out of high school. No worries about their training, though, because the Basic EMT courses are the same taught at Northeast State Community College. The eight seniors are also enrolled at Northeast State. Until December 2020, a person had to ha...