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ELIZABETHTON — Responding to a $70,000 cut in its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter has announced that it will no longer provide animal control services. The policy change was reported on the shelter’s Facebook page after a meeting by the Animal Shelter board of directors earlier this week. “We know and understand how much this service is needed and will affect our community, unfortunately, we are forced to reduce services and possibly personnel,” the post read in part. The animal shelter was the only controversial matter in ...

ELIZABETHTON — In a special called meeting on Monday evening, the Carter County Commission soundly voted down a bid of $3,428,687.40 for a new countywide communications system that would have provided up-to-date radio communication for 10 agencies, including law enforcement, emergency medical services, and fire departments. The motion was to vote down the $3.5 million bid and to start over with a new request for proposals for a countywide communications system. According to the Carter County Clerk’s Office, the vote to reject the bid was 19-2, with three absences. Isaiah Grindstaff ...

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 bring in the same amount of property tax revenue. The only serious controversy during the passage of t...

Hope Capital has grown its loan book by 169%, increased its loan size by over 120% and recorded a 260% increase in agreements in principle (AIPs) from March 2021. The lender has also seen a substantial rise on refurbishment, commercial and land deals, with over a 400% increase across all three property types. In addition, Hope Capital reported that throughout the last three months, cases on mixed-use property have doubled, and the Seventies Collection for residential property has seen a further 50% increase. Gary Bailey, managing director of Hope Capital, said: “To realise this many achieve...

How Popular Is Manchester United in South Africa? Published 7 hours ago Here are many global sports franchises – global because they transcend the borders of their home country, and sometimes even their sport. And they don’t come much bigger than Manchester United. Billions across the globe watch football – it’s the world’s most popular sport, and Man Utd is the world’s most popular team. Superstars such as David Beckham, command a near-fanatical following in places as diverse as Korea, Brazil, Thailand, Africa, and the USA. And Africa is a continent that is football mad, where ...