Unicoi County leaders and businesses were equal parts relieved and jubilant Friday as word arrived that devastated county ...

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Act” is raising concerns that Medicaid cuts could close rural hospitals.

The ink was barely dry Tuesday on the Senate’s passage of the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill when Ballad Health CEO began ...

The 12th annual Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed ...

Gloria Harrell knew I cheated my way through her advanced composition and creative writing class during my senior year at ...

On Thursday, June 19, 2025, motorists should be alert for possible temporary lane closures between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 ...

In November 2013, Unicoi County Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1953, was acquired by Mountain States Health Alliance on the condition that Mountain States would construct a hospital in Erwin ...

Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, was destroyed by a flash flood during Hurricane Helene in late September. During the worst of the flooding, murky, brown rapids surrounded the hospital ...

At left, a helicopter rescues survivors washed away from the Impact Plastics factory in Erwin, Tenn. At right, people are evacuated from Unicoi County Hospital. (Video: Jacob Ingram, left, and ...

Updated: Oct 30, 2024 / 02:20 PM EDT UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has reopened a portion of Interstate 26 in Unicoi County with some limitations.

One driver inadvertently struck a paramedic lieutenant with Unicoi County EMS, causing her hip pain. At about 9:30 a.m., Matson joined Erwin to check the water level of the river.

Erwin is a small town in Unicoi County that sits along the banks of the Nolichucky River. The city is about 120 miles away from Knoxville.