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ELIZABETHTON — The new year holds a lot of expectations for the governments of Carter County and Elizabethton. Major improvements are being discussed or have already been drawn up and

Election commission offices in Washington and Carter counties were busy places on Monday as candidates arrived to pick up their qualifying petitions for the May 3 county and state primary

Election commission offices in Washington and Carter counties were busy places on Monday as candidates arrived to pick up their qualifying petitions for the May 3 county and state primary

ELIZABETHTON — The Health and Welfare Committee of the Carter County Commission has been working in several directions to make improvements in the county, and that was certainly evident during

ELIZABETHTON — Despite a sharply divided disagreement over funding for the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter on Monday evening, it was mostly smooth sailing for the Carter County Commission in passing a new budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The commissioners also passed the certified tax rate of $2.03. That is down from the $2.47 rate passed by the commission last year, before the latest countywide assessment of property but determined by the state comptroller’s office to br...

ELIZABETHTON — A new organization is being set up in Carter County and Elizabethton to provide a one-stop resource center to meet the needs of the homeless population in the region. The Carter Compassion Center received confirmation from the Internal Revenue Service last week that its 501 ( c ) 3 designation had been approved. It was the latest step forward for a group that formed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic but which has still managed to maintain momentum in meeting its mis...

Donation of 28 acres accepted to add to trail ELIZABETHTON — By a 21-2 vote, the Carter County Commission voted Thursday to accept a donation of 28 acres of land between Valley Forge and Hampton that could extend the Tweetsie Trail by 4.5 miles and provide connections with the Hampton Springs Watershed Mountain Bicycle Trail and Green Bridge Park in Hampton. The property being donated is the route by which the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad used to operate a narrow gauge ...

ELIZABETHTON — The Carter County Commission voted 15-8 on Monday night to stop an apparently unintended distribution of county sales tax revenue to the Elizabethton City School System.

ELIZABETHTON — One of the items the Carter County Commission will consider during its next meeting on March 15 will be a resolution declaring the county as a “sanctuary county”

ELIZABETHTON — The cost of using the Carter County Landfill will be going up on March 1. The Carter County Commission approved a recommendation from the Landfill Committee to raise the tipping fee by $9.50 per ton for both household garbage and for demolition waste. The cost will be going from $42.50 to $52 per ton. The disposal cost for bagged trash will remain $1 for each standard size garbage bag. The Commission approved the increase by a vote of 19-4. Voting against the increase were: ...