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5 days ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Work on a new 3,200-square-foot Doe Valley meat-processing facility with a classroom, freezers, processing room, receiving area and offices began in recent weeks. The $1.6 million facility, located off Pedro Shoan Road past the industrial park, will be more than just a local facility for Johnson County farmers and hunters. It will be a bridge for high school students into the meat processing field and could lead to well-paying trade jobs following graduation.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Lily Russell |Thomas Sherrill
For the second straight month, a Johnson County Schools' Board of Education member resigned at the start of the meeting. After the moment of silence and Pledge of Allegiance began the Tuesday, April 15, board meeting at Johnson County High School, Gary Matheson interrupted to read his resignation. Matheson said he's tried to serve the taxpayers to the best of his ability since his first election in 2018 "by being honest in my decisions.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
From dancing to singing to clogging to drawing to painting and more, Johnson County’s young people got to show their artistic side on Friday, April 11, at the Annual Johnson County Performing and Visual Arts Talent Show. Hosted at Heritage Hall by the Johnson County Community Foundation, 25 different visual art submissions and 23 different performance acts on the night. First place in each category got $100, with second place receiving $75 and third place $50.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Scores of racers took part in the Tri-State Cross Country Series's Round Three event on April 12-13 at Doe Mountain Recreation Area. The course wound through the 9,000-acre park going up and down ridges and through hard turns. Different classes of competition took place over the weekend as riders raced against the clock as the series continues through the spring, summer and fall.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
A Mountain City man charged nearly two years ago with one of the newest and most serious felonies in North Carolina walked out of jail days after he was sentenced as part of a plea deal. On March 24, William Michael Oxentine, 51, pled guilty to Delivering a Schedule II Controlled Substance in the March 14, 2023, Watauga County death of Karma Lee Greenlee.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Lily Russell |Thomas Sherrill
For the second straight month, a Johnson County Schools' Board of Education member resigned at the start of the meeting after speaking about what they feel were "shady deals" and corruption."After the moment of silence and Pledge of Allegiance began the Tuesday, April 15, board meeting at Johnson County High School, Gary Matheson interrupted to read his resignation. Following Matheson's statement, he collected his belongings and left.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Several different callers on their way to a convention got more than two dozen people up and moving as the Young at Heart Square and Line Dance Club of Mountain City held its Trail-Thru Dance on Saturday, April 12. Callers including Shawn Brown of Pennsylvania, Chuck and Kristy Woods of Kentucky, Jarrett Wilhoit of Cleveland, Tennessee and others who were on their way to the 50th Annual Callerlab Convention in South Carolina, which took place April 13-16.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefranklinpress.com | Thomas Sherrill
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Public Library Board of Trustees members Ed Trask (left) and Wood Lovell (right) go back and forth during a discussion at the board’s Dec. 5 meeting. Board Chair Bill Dyar is seated at center. Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Public Library Board of Trustees members Ed Trask (left) and Wood Lovell (right) go back and forth during a discussion at the board’s Dec. 5 meeting. Board Chair Bill Dyar is seated at center.
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2 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
A 50-cent-per-hour pay raise, adding a dollar per month to the solid waste collection fee, and new fees for Sunday pool parties and road closures were discussed during the Mountain City town council's April 1 workshop before their regular meeting. Since it was a workshop, there was no action. Any employee pay or fee changes would be in the 2025-26 budget, which City Recorder Audra Gerty said would first be presented on May 6, with votes to come on June 3 and 24.
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3 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
A 51-year-old died in the Shoun Street fire on the morning of Monday, March 31. The cause of the blaze is still being investigated. On Friday, April 4, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the deceased as Raymond A. Radloff, 51, of Mountain City. According to the TBI, Radloff and a woman who has not been publicly identified were in the home in the 300 block of Shoun Street when a structure fire started.
