With the quick turn of events in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 was a signature year for fundraising for the Greene County Sc…
Greeneville City Schools spring break 2020 feels like a decade ago. It served as a stark transition for our community. Initially it seemed the…
Three Greeneville wrestlers captured state championships this season with junior Kodiak Cannedy (160) and sophomore Hunter Mason (138) winning…
The Greeneville girls soccer team brought home its second consecutive state championship and fourth state title in the last six years this season.
Local football teams had to overcome some significant challenges in the 2020 season, but despite those challenges a lot of success was had on …
The COVID-19 Pandemic wasn’t the only challenge faced by the Rural Resources Farm And Food Education Center during 2020. The organization fail…
As doors of opportunity closed for artists and art students during the pandemic, The Greeneville Arts Council continued to work with artists a…
The past year brought some significant changes for the Greeneville Municipal Airport.
The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the world of sports in the first half 2020, and local teams were not immune.
Bringing life to about 70 productions during her nearly 30 years at Tusculum University, Marilyn duBrisk inspired students, children and commu…
The theater world lives by the maxim “The show must go on!” And a pandemic couldn’t change that.
In addition to welcoming a new president and two other staff members over the past year, the Greene County Partnership altered its operations …
Martin Luther King Jr. is famously quoted as saying, “The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and conve…
Perspective has a Latin root meaning “look through” or “perceive,” and all the meanings of perspective have something to do with looking.
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to deliver a Benchmarks message of strength, perseverance, hope and thanks to the people, businesses…
I never imagined one of my event budgets would include expenses for masks and hand sanitizer, but along came 2020.
“Why name a submarine after Greeneville? After all, the Nolichuckey River’s not deep enough for a submarine.”
Greene County has survived many epidemics in its 238 years. From yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera to the many variants of the flu in 1912, …
The 2019-2020 school year ended in a way that no one could have predicted.
The days of the calendar for 2021 are beginning to highlight special events in our community once again as the pandemic appears to be declining.
My perspective of my first year in East Tennessee and as president of Tusculum University has been gleaned largely from behind a face covering…
Although the Niswonger Performing Arts Center hasn’t been able to open its doors to the public since March 13, 2020, that hasn’t stopped the $…
When COVID turned up the volume on the pandemic, the local music scene shut down along with everything else. According to musician and promote…
Both the state and federal court systems had to make extreme adjustments to operations in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic overtook all aspects o…
When looking back over the year 2020 through the church lens, one can see challenges and accomplishments with a few scattered blessings.
A need for more meat processing facilities for farmers in Tennessee arose during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, state…
On March 4 of last year, Ballad Health held a press conference to provide information about COVID-19 and how the public could help limit the s…
When students in both local school systems went home for spring break on Friday, March 13, 2020, they thought they would be returning in just …