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Words of Comfort

How do we weather a long-term crisis?

If we only worry about what we don’t have, or what we have lost, we will not find peace at heart.

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Eastman

Eastman partners to make face shields for Nashville

On March 25, Eastman donated enough rolls of PETG film, a copolyester commonly used for rigid medical packaging and medical devices, to produce 10,000 face shields. Eastman teams worked over the weekend to ensure that in four days, THEC had the materials needed to continue with the project.

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Times News Blog: Latest on local impact of COVID-19

The latest on schedule changes, local decisions and other updates related to COVID-19 coronavirus in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia

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Tuesday Trivia

Tuesday Trivia: How much toilet paper do you need?

A new website helps you calculate how much toilet paper your household needs for specific amounts of time.

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Words of Comfort

Seek the Lord in this time of fear

Protracted fear takes on a life of its own and feeds on itself to produce even more fear.

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A person takes in the afternoon sun amongst the cherry blossoms along Kelly Drive in Philadelphia on March 26.
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Hay fever or virus? Season of worry for allergy sufferers

For millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, the annual onset of watery eyes and scratchy throats is bumping up against the global spread of a new virus that produces its own constellation of respiratory symptoms.

Mar 30, 2020 at 10:30 PM
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Sullivan County

Safer at Home order issued in Sullivan

“We believe this Order is necessary to help protect the public health of all citizens in Sullivan County,” Sullivan County Regional Health Department Director Gary Mayes wrote.

Mar 30, 2020 at 5:00 PM
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Johnson City, Washington County issue safer at home orders

Johnson City and Washington County have both issued safer at home orders as part of an effort to mitigate the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Mar 30, 2020 at 3:30 PM
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Kingsport Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

KOSBE ready to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19

KOSBE can help document the economic injury faced by the business and explore all financing options, including whether the business is eligible for the Small Business Administration disaster loan.

Mar 30, 2020 at 3:00 PM
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Words of Comfort

Be a light for the world to see

While we the church will not be reckless or carelessly expose our families to danger, we have the answer of faith, hope and peace to offer a world of anxious and panic-hearted, fear-filled people and that hope is in Jesus Christ.

Mar 30, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Merrill Frazier of Mount Carmel and Muttski, his mixed beagle, had a picnic in the back of a pickup truck at Sonic in Kingsport Saturday evening.
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Coronavirus

Man and his dog eat at Sonic Saturday in back of pickup truck

Patrons of Kingsport Sonic had pickup bed picnics Saturday.

Mar 30, 2020 at 4:00 AM
Jeff Bobo solve the ancient riddle, how does one find toilet paper in a land without toilet paper. You find it in the camping section of Walmart. That is, until Jeff spilled the beans and gave away the location of his hidden treasure, and the camper toilet paper shelves were quickly emptied as well.
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Walmart Hoarders

King for a day at the hoarder-ravaged Stone Drive Walmart

By the time I figured out it might be time to start hoarding supplies for the COVID-19 apocalypse, every bag of freeze dried pinto beans and every roll of toilet paper had already been snatched from every store everywhere.

Mar 29, 2020 at 7:30 PM
Jo Willems, a disaster response volunteer, and Clark Parker, volunteer and current chair of the Board of Directors
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Red Cross

Local Red Cross educates community, seeks volunteers

With March being Red Cross Month, the Northeast Tennessee chapter is spreading the word about its services and its need for volunteers.

Mar 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM
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A look back at the Kingsport Inn, 60 years gone

On the last Sunday in March 1960, the now-fabled Kingsport Inn served its last Sunday dinner in its said-to-have-been-gracious dining room. But the Inn wasn’t sacrificed to make way for a parking lot.

Mar 29, 2020 at 2:30 PM
General manager Jo Anderson, far right, poses with her staff at the McKinney Restaurant dining room in the historic 196-year-old Hale Springs Inn that hosted three presidents.
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Hale Springs Inn

New innkeeper with a history at historic Hale Springs Inn brings proven success

Last year the historic Hale Springs inn began a new phase of its 196-year-old history with the addition of a new general manager, who has a bit of her own past history at the inn.

Mar 29, 2020 at 1:30 PM
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