Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris is currently receiving treatment at Unicoi County Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained in an Aug. 18 fall.
According to the UCSD Chief Deputy Mike Hensley, Harris was injured while examining roof repairs to the Unicoi County jail.
The roof had been damaged by storm activity in the area. More...
The Unicoi County Family YMCA had to close its doors last week after the building’s second flood in a single week and the third in two months. Both the gym and the fitness center fell victim to heavy rains.
The entire facility was shut down on Wednesday and Thursday while inmates from the Unicoi County Jail, along with YMCA employees, used squeegees, brooms, shop vacuums and mops to dry the floors. Ditches were also dug around the building to hold excess water and prevent further flooding from heavy rains occurring last week.
According to YMCA Director Becky Lewis, no fitness equipment was damaged, despite the flooding. More...
Updated August 17, 2010 04:53:44 PM
Roe in town hall meeting: Jobs key to other issues
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe held a town hall meeting Monday morning to address Unicoi County residents’ concerns and his views on health care, immigration and the economy.
“We are allowing the citizens to come up, and, really, they’re the ones I want to hear,” Roe said.
One of the main concerns of the meeting was the question of jobs, and Roe said jobs create solutions to the problems he was talking about. More...
