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1 week ago | 
wjhl.com | Murry Lee |Karen Jenkins
LEE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Room was scarce at the Lee County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night as a plethora of residents showed up to voice concerns regarding possible school closures. Several families had to be moved to watch the meeting on a screen in a different room of the building.
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1 month ago | 
wate.com | Karen Jenkins |Murry Lee
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — In 2024, Make-A-Wish East Tennessee granted 116 wishes in the 36-county region of East Tennessee. Nationally, Make-A-Wish put smiles on more than 13,000 ill children’s faces. In East Tennessee, 7-year-old Hazel Erman was granted her wish to be able to navigate her family’s farm with a new golf cart. Hazel has a rare metabolic disorder and is non-verbal. Her mother said driving the golf cart and making friends are the two things she loves most.
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1 month ago | 
wjhl.com | Karen Jenkins |Murry Lee
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — On Wednesday, News Channel 11 will host a telethon to help Make-A-Wish East Tennessee grant wishes to critically ill children in the region. Starting at 4 p.m., a phone bank will be open during News Channel 11’s evening newscasts for people to call and donate. In 2024, the organization granted 116 wishes in the 36-county region of East Tennessee. Nationally, Make-A-Wish put smiles on more than 13,000 ill children’s faces.
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1 month ago | 
wjhl.com | Murry Lee |Karen Jenkins
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee Hills Distillery announced the location of its fourth location. The new site will be in Johnson County at the site of the former Watauga Lake Winery property creating what they call the “Tennessee Hills Copperhead Road experience – combining craft wine making with the soul of Appalachian distilling.”The winery will move its operations to an expanded Villa Nove Vineyards, owned by the Waterfront Group.
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2 months ago | 
wjhl.com | Karen Jenkins
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City Parks and Recreation’s Senior Center staff is working to give back to the community with its Spring Forward grocery giveaway program. For years, the outreach was done in December, but with so many other charitable events during the holidays, they decided to move the distribution to spring. Senior […]
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
wjhl.com | Emily Hibbitts |Karen Jenkins
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The owner of Sunset Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Mountain City was arrested Monday at her place of employment, the Central Office of Johnson County Schools, and charged with various drug offenses, identity theft, child endangerment and more. According to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Wendy Henley, was arrested after an investigation by the TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
wjhl.com | Karen Jenkins |Murry Lee
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Southwest Virginia was subjected to severe flooding over the weekend along with other parts of Appalachia. Floodwaters led to evacuations and power loss throughout the region, and many school districts were closed Monday as recovery efforts began. In Buchanan County, schools will be out until further notice. Residents of Boyd’s Riverside Trailer Park told News Channel 11 that despite the close proximity to water, flooding had never been a concern before.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
wjhl.com | Emily Hibbitts |Karen Jenkins
UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health’s Unicoi County Hospital received $9.8 million in funds approved by the State of Tennessee and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for rebuilding. The hospital, located along the banks of the Nolichucky River, was destroyed when Hurricane Helene swept through the region in September. More than 50 people were rescued from the hospital’s roof due to rising floodwaters brought in by Helene on Sept. 27.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
wjhl.com | Jayonna Scurry |Karen Jenkins
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – While Cyra Bullock’s grandmother Wilma West was hospitalized at the Johnson City Medical Center (JCMC), a nurse allegedly used her debit card to make fraudulent charges. Now, Bullock is speaking out about how this situation was allowed to happen. West was fighting fibrosis, blood clots, COVID-19 and pneumonia all at the same time while hospitalized at JCMC. That is when she received a call from Northeast Tennessee Credit Union about strange charges on her debit card.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
wjhl.com | Karen Jenkins
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — More than 200 people gathered Saturday morning in Johnson City for an annual Interfaith Prayer Breakfast in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The gathering took place at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on Princeton Road. It featured keynote speaker, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Keith V. Johnson, PhD, who discussed the values that King Jr. fought for in the 1960s, and similar issues observed in this age.
