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Kingsport is facing an employment problem.

Kingsport may be looking at a 12-cent property tax increase or more after inflation and a highly competitive job market has left city officials scrambling to find additional revenue.

The city of Kingsport is looking at changing its retirement plan in an attempt to try and retain employees and also make the city more attractive to potential employees.

”The money has to come from somewhere to be able to pay these folks," Grinstead said. "I don't know what the magic answer for that is but it does happen. It's our desire to add more operators to the field. Hopefully there'll be enough eventually to get moved around and these smaller systems can hire somebody that's certified that can do the job and do it correctly and those safely.” In 2019, a study from the University of North Carolina School of Government suggested that one way to address the shortage is through apprenticeship or training programs. The National Rural Water Association c...

High school senior at forefront of pioneering apprenticeship program Bob Fowler/Special to The Oak Ridger CLINTON, Tenn. — A Clinton High School student is at the forefront of a pioneering effort to enable those under the age of 18 to become apprentices in manufacturing facilities. Since September, Chyann Wilson, 17, has been working at SL Tennessee, a company that makes vehicle parts in the Clinton/Interstate 75 Industrial Park. She’s a Middle College student at Roane State in her second year of the mechatronics program. Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, computin...