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Four Republicans and three Democrats are running for seats on the three-member Greene County Board of Commissioners next Tuesday. The two candidates from each party who get the most votes
An organizer of a project to create a memorial for Greene Countians' military service...
Fayette County hit a grim milestone Tuesday, reaching 500 COVID-19 deaths and recording 21,796 total cases since the start of the pandemic, according to state data.
Greene Countians wishing for a white Christmas will likely get their desire, according to the National Weather Service. The county as well as most of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia are under a winter storm warning set to begin at 4 p.m. Thursday and continue through 4 a.m. Christmas Day. Temperatures are forecast to drop rapidly below freezing Thursday afternoon and evening with any wet surfaces quickly freezing, according to the National Weather Service. A cold front brought high winds and heavy rain to the area on Wednesday night, and as the temperature drops in the afternoon, heavy ...
Northeast Tennesseeâs COVID-19 death rate is higher than the state overall, and more than half the Greene Countians who have been hospitalized for the virus have later died from the illness. The reason for the COVID-19 death rate lies primarily in the percentage of the regionâs population above the age of 65, according to Dr. Randy Wykoff, dean of the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University. âWhen you think about the impact of COVID-19 on the rest of the country, you begin to realize how important age is in our region,â Wykoff said. âThere are cert...