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Fun Fest 2010 (July 16-24) is proud to announce the 30th Annual Concert Series at J. Fred Johnson Stadium and the new Sunset Series Pass. The series will feature several great artists appearing on the Brock Services, Ltd Stage this year. more […]

A colorful mural and documentary photographs created by children from migrant farm worker and local families living in rural Appalachia and West Tennessee will be displayed March 8 – April 9, at Northeast State Community College on the first floor of the Wayne G. Basler Library. more […]

Riders in the Sky, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Rachel Renee Johnson and a free music download in this week’s Short Takes. more […]

ETSU to open show’s run with Veterans Day military salute; pre-show ‘60s-music concerts before each curtain. more […]

Jayson Paul, half of Cryme Tyme: “You have to be persistent and you have to love it to make it in the WWE.“ more […]

The Bristol, Tenn.-born Barr returns to the Mountain Empire on Sept. 7 with his film “Mow Crew” and the film’s director Taylor Toole in tow. more […]

Music, dance, theater, festival, fairs and more are listed in Herald Courier’s entertainment calendars. more […]

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Kingsport, Tenn., - Fun Fest 2010 (July 16-24) is proud to announce the 30th Annual Concert Series at J. Fred Johnson Stadium and the new Sunset Series Pass. The series will feature several great artists appearing on the Brock Services, Ltd Stage this year. Winner of this years Best New Artist Grammy The Zac Brown Band will take the stage Saturday, July 2 […]

Kingsport ChamberZone airs several times a week on CMS (TV-13), Comcast Cable 2 & 14, City of Kingsport's Channel 16 and WAPK/WKPT-TV 19.Kingsport ChamberZone is also ON DEMAND on Charter Channel 998.Kingsport ChamberZone can also be seen on www.KingsportChamber.org and www.Kingsport.TV and www.MyTown16.com.Scroll down for a list of show time […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  A ribbon cutting for Hometown IGA will be held Monday, March 1, 2010, at 11 a.m. at 1328 South John B. Dennis Hwy, Kingsport. Whites Fresh Foods locations in Kingsport, Tenn. will be officially converting to Hometown IGA on Monday, March 1st. A ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening is scheduled with the Kingsport Chamber of Comme […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  Throughout the 2009 holiday season, area Food City supermarkets once again featured the sale of a special childrens book, entitled The Santa Train Tradition. Inspired by one of our regions most anticipated and exciting holiday traditions, the well-crafted childrens book was written by long time Kingsport resident, Leigh Anne W. Hoover […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  The Kingsport, Bristol & Johnson City/Jonesborough/Washington County Chambers of Commerce and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host the 2010 Regional Legislative Dinner on Wednesday, March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 417 Union Street Restaurant, downtown Nashville. This event is sponsored by Appalachian Power, Atm […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn.  The Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting for TriSummit Bank Church Circle Financial Center will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. at 422 Broad Street, downtown Kingsport. TriSummit Bank opened business in February 2007, as a full-service community bank with a principal office in each of the Tri-Cit […]

The man accused of killing two Georgia teenagers in 2002 will appear in court today before a new judge. […]

A Johnson City woman is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon after police say she stabbed her boyfriend. […]

Virginia regulators are set to hear public comment on a proposed rate increase for Appalachian Power customers. […]

Check out this morning’s top headlines from 11 Connects at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. […]

After a Monday night community meeting, what will become of the Mendota Medical Center is a $35,600 question. […]

Bristol Virginia Police Detective Sgt. Steve Crawford said there were signs of a struggle in the brush, up a steep hill off East Valley Drive, where Angela Statzer’s body was found on March 3, her 22nd birthday, by a man walking his dog. Crawford said she had likely been dead about a day. […]

The music was soothing, the floors glistening and the bright walls were alive with bold colors and visions inside the new 606 State Street Art Gallery Monday afternoon, and Sam Samuel sounded just as upbeat and vibrant. […]

Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. (Mar. 16) […]

Michael Jackson's estate has signed the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years. (March 16) […]

Iggy Pop and the Stooges, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff and the Hollies were among the latest batch of stars inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York. (March 16) […]

Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms. (March 16) […]

Michael Jackson's estate has signed the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years. (March 16) […]

Police in Georgia have arrested more than 65 people in what they are calling a major cockfighting ring. (March 16) […]

The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. […]

The Hollies, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, ABBA and Iggy Pop's Stooges accepted induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - a ceremony almost as notable for who wasn't there as who was. […]

With one song, two divas make history on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart. […]

Amy Winehouse has partnered with iconic British fashion label Fred Perry to design a 17-piece collection. […]

Lawyers for Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct. […]

A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse. […]

A British judge is siding with Pink Floyd, ruling its EMI label must protect artist integrity and stop selling single digital tracks. The acid-inspired band, known for concept albums, said single-song sales were an injustice to their art. […]

With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight. […]

Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. […]

Through interviews with a brainy crop of musicians and scientists, a new documentary probes the connection between body, mind and music. […]

Pink Floyd and EMI are locked in a royalty battle -- yet another example of an emerging dispute between rights holders and publishers over payment for intellectual property born before the explosion of online digital sales. […]

Tell us why the trumpet player and bandleader was one of music's most innovative forces, and you'll be entered to win a copy of the 70-CD box set Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, a Miles-branded iPod and Monster Miles Davis Tribute high-performance headphones. […]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests. That was one of several bleak headlines in the Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual assessment of the state of the news industry, released Sunday. The projec […]

American Eagle Airlines will begin offering direct nonstop flights to Chicago OHare International Airport from Tri-Cities Regional Airport beginning on July 2, TCRA officials announced Monday. Last year, TCRA was hit hard by the Delta-Northwest Airlines merger. The airport lost flights to two hubs, with Delta canceling all flights to Detroit and and Memph […]

PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. Its time to start cashing them in. For more than two decades, Social Security collected more money in payroll taxes than it paid out […]

KINGSPORT  A familiar face and name in the Kingsport community has died. Rod Irvin, 62, passed away early Friday morning after a long battle with cancer. For years, Irvin was the spokesman for Eastman Chemical Co. and a well-known figure in the Kingsport community. Before his illness, he served as director of government relations, managing a group respon […]

Want to make some extra money? Got anything you want to sell? This month the Kingsport Times-News is opening its new Classified Consignments store at Traders Village and is now accepting merchandise from the public. Its an opportunity for people who may have items for sale in their home, but who really dont want to negotiate directly with consumers an […]

The Tennessee House unanimously passed amended legislation Thursday that would enable creating an airport authority at Tri-Cities Regional Airport. TCRA commissioners have been advised the bill is meaningless unless all the airports owners approve it. TCRA is currently governed by a 12-member commission appointed by its owners  Sullivan and Washington c […]