Put on those mud boots, grab a bag, and join your friends and neighbors for the 16th Annual Watauga Lake Cleanup on Saturday, September 19. Sponsored by the Watauga Watershed Alliance, Keep Carter County Beautiful, and Boots Off Hostel and Campground, this annual event has removed 50,000 pounds of trash from Watauga Lake over theContinueContinue reading “50,000 Pounds and Counting: Watauga Lake Cleanup Returns”
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Around the County: Music, Mountains & Labor Day Fun
Labor Day weekend brings plenty of reasons to get out and enjoy Johnson County—from Appalachian music and local art to a mountain 5K, farmers market, Ribfest, classic cars and more. Here’s a look at what’s happening Around the County September 4–6. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 LIVE MUSIC: Scott McKinney 5–8 p.m. | Villa Nove Vineyards1877 DryContinueContinue reading “Around the County: Music, Mountains & Labor Day Fun”
This Week on The Johnson County Line: A Long Journey Home & Labor Day Around Town
Celebrating Our Appalachian Heritage Our guest this week is Cristy Dunn, Executive Director of the Johnson County Center for the Arts, who joins Sheila to talk about Long Journey Home, Johnson County’s annual celebration of Appalachian music, heritage and traditions. Long Journey Home is more than a weekend of music. It is an opportunity toContinueContinue reading “This Week on The Johnson County Line: A Long Journey Home & Labor Day Around Town”
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.
100 Years of Football in Johnson County
HORNS UP! Check out the images from the Friday night matchup between the Longhorns and the Bulldogs.
100 Years of Football in Johnson County
HORNS UP! Check out the images from the Friday night matchup between the Longhorns and the Bulldogs.
This Week on The Johnson County Line Podcast: Tough Questions & Good Neighbors
What does a barbecue festival have to do with the bigger challenges facing Johnson County’s volunteer fire departments? Quite a bit, as it turns out. This week on The Johnson County Line, Dan Cullinane and Sheila Caldwell are joined by Chad Greever for a closer look at the questions surrounding Ribfest, the concerns raised byContinueContinue reading “This Week on The Johnson County Line Podcast: Tough Questions & Good Neighbors”
Around the County: What’s Happening This Weekend
There’s plenty happening around Johnson County as we head into the final weekend of August — from live music and Longhorn football to dancing, classic cars, a full moon hike and a night ride on Doe Mountain. And you don’t have to wait until Friday to get started. Here’s what’s happening Around the County AugustContinueContinue reading “Around the County: What’s Happening This Weekend”
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.
