Chris Collins will serve as the new assistant principal of Cloudland Elementary School, Carter County Schools announced.

By Lynn J. Richardson Star Correspondent It has been just over four months since business partners Kevin Cole and Lydia Depew ...

BY C.Y. PETERS For Chuck Babb, basketball was more than just a game. It was a classroom, a proving ground and a bridge to ...

STAR CORRESPONDENT It was a special evening at Citizens Bank Stadium on Thursday as the T.A. Dugger Jr. Cyclones honored ...

Star Correspondent The postseason brings a fresh start, and the T.A. Dugger Jr. Lady Cyclones made sure theirs began on a ...

Tripp Berlinsky’s week on Watauga Lake keeps getting better. The University of North Alabama sophomore secured the No. 1 seed in the Bassmaster College Classic Bracket presented by Lew’s after posting ...

By Angela Caito Star Correspondent Godfather Ink is a new business in Elizabethton that combines a tattoo studio upstairs with a thrift shop downstairs. Owned by veteran tattoo artist Reggie Leach, ...

By JAMIE COMBS Sports Correspondent Stirring the echoes of an REO Speedwagon hit from 1976, Unaka will “Keep Pushin’” as it enters the season’s second half. For an 0-5 football team (0-2 Region 1-1A) ...

Carter County is welcoming the nation’s top eight collegiate anglers, who arrived Monday for the 2025 Bassmaster College Classic Bracket on Watauga Lake. Tournament fishing begins Friday, Sept. 26, at ...

Rep. Renea Jones (R-Unicoi) and Rep. Timothy Hill (R-Blountville) announced Friday that the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) will provide a $4,997 grant to the Elizabethton-Carter ...

Daniel Grindstaff released a new single today, “The Death of John Henry,” featuring country music icon Marty Stuart on ...

Star Correspondent For most homeowners, there are two words they never want to face: house fire. Yet in the United States, ...