Labor Day ’26 Was One for the Books!

What an absolutely awesome Labor Day weekend the folks in Johnson County put on. Thanks to the Johnson County Center for the Arts, Long Journey Home, Ribfest, and all of you for making the most of the fantastic place we call home. Hope you enjoy some of the sights we saw!

From Front Porches to Main Street: Long Journey Home Celebrates Johnson County

Long Journey Home, the annual celebration of Johnson County’s heritage of arts and music kicks off this Friday.

Johnson County’s History Celebrated During Music Tour and Author Talk

Chuck Walsh will be discussing and signing his book The Isolate, about famed Johnson County “hermit” Nick Grindstaff, as part of Long Journey Home.

Bigger Than the Storm: A Home, a Blessing and a New Beginning

The dedication of the first home rebuilt by the Amish volunteers in Johnson County blessed everyone who attended.

She sings like a bird and she writes like a poet.

This morning dawns a little differently than yesterday. It’s the first day in a world without Dolly Parton, and as crazy as those words are staring back at me from the page, I can’t help but think it’s actually, really, a thing. I came in from mowing yesterday, and that’s when I heard the news.ContinueContinue reading “She sings like a bird and she writes like a poet.”

Johnson County Still Believes in an Industrial Future

New Johnson County Line poll shows that residents favor Manufacturing and Industrial development as the path to a brighter economic future.