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Meet the Mountains, an outdoors recreation festival held in downtown Johnson City since 2018, is preparing to return next month after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellation last year. “We’re very excited to represent our region as one of the first major festivals in downtown Johnson City,” said Festival Director Samm Keys. “It was a huge relief when we finally got word that events were happening downtown in 2021 and that Meet the Mountains was approved for a full-s...

(Photos by Allen Rau.)

وادي النيل وشقيقه وادي الرافدين يستغيثان فهل من مجيب ؟! احمد الحاج العالم كله يقف اليوم موقف المتفرج ازاء معاناة كل من وادي النيل وشقيقه وادي الرافدين وهما يستغيثان ويغنيان “عطشان يا صبايا، دلوني على السبيل !” وكأن عطشا وجفافا وتصحرا ماكان ولم يكن،وكأن مفهوم، أو لنقل حلم ، ...

Visitors to downtown Johnson City will have another opportunity to enjoy live music this weekend. Down Home Plum Fun, a free live concert, will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at King Commons Park. Performers will include regional and national acts like Bill & the Belles, Beth Snapp, the Untamed String Trio, the Dependents, the Brother Boys and more. Michael Knowles, a piano player, will perform between acts. The Down Home, a famed local music venue that officially reopened last week afte...

Johnson City is getting ready to embark on what might be the most complex construction project it’s ever performed.

After more than a year of postponements and cancellations, festivals and events are slowly making their way back to Johnson City — including some newcomers — like Saturday’s Downtown Yoga Festival — that aim to be more than a one-off event. Festival organizer and Downtown Yoga Center owner Kim Blaine said the festival was made possible by a grant from the Blue Plum Organization’s Blue Plum Gives Back program. The program aims to “support public programs, events and...

“I am super excited about the long-term effects for the city,” Smith said. Smith and his wife Mary own Tri-Cities Behavioral Therapy at 321 W. Walnut St., which serves children with autism spectrum disorder. They moved to the spot about a year ago, and although Smith has some concerns about traffic issues cropping up over the course of the project, he doesn’t expect his business will be severely impacted. He particularly appreciates efforts to slow traffic along the roadway and t...

Article content More than half of the 3,200 students living in Western University’s residences have cleared out early amid a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks. Western asked students April 1 to move out residences by Sunday, April 11, because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, many caused by more transmissible variants. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Western students clear out early, leaving behind COVID-19 outbreaks in six residences Back to vid...

Article content The Middlesex-London Health Unit declared two new COVID-19 outbreaks at Western University and King’s University College student residences Friday. The health unit reported an outbreak at Perth Hall residence off Western Road and King’s announced seven people tested positive at King’s Commons on Richmond Street. All are in quarantine. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or New COVID outbreaks declared at Kings and Western residenc...

Live music will soon return to downtown Johnson City. Formerly known as Founders After 5, a rebranded version of the music event called Fridays After 5 will begin this June and run through September, occurring from 6-8 p.m. most Fridays. The event is moving from its traditional home in Founders Park to King Commons Park. Connect Downtown Johnson City, part of the Johnson City Development Authority, is organizing the event. Lindsey Jones, the authority’s marketing manager, said Founders Aft...