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Why Tennessee is Called the “Volunteer State”
Photo Courtesy: Jay Carl Cooper Follow Appalachian Magazine on Facebook: Facebook.com/AppalachianMagazine Few state nicknames are as timeless as that of Tennessee’s, The Volunteer State. The title is...
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2.5 Magnitude Earthquake Outside Chattanooga Tuesday Morning
PHOTO: Chattanooga, Tennessee viewed from Stringer’s Ridge.Courtesy — Imilious The USGS is reporting that a magnitude 2.5 earthquake shook the ground just east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, early Tuesday...
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Life Expectancy in Appalachia is Actually Dropping
PHOTO: Abandoned school in McDowell County, West Virginia. McDowell County’s population has dropped from 98,000 in 1950 to 20,876.Photo courtesy: Magnolia677 This morning, the National Institutes of...
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Is the Southeast Overdue for a Major Earthquake; Government Study Predicts...
PHOTO: Earthquake Damage, courtesy of Gregor Ronald Shortly after 9 p.m. on the evening of August 31, 1886, telegraph wires from across the continent began roaring to life as major cities throughout...
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Navy Plane Crash in East Tennessee; 2 Pilots Killed
MERIDIAN, Miss. — At approximately 9:40 a.m. Oct. 2, Training Air Wing ONE, based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss., confirmed the T-45 belonging to Training Squadron SEVEN (VT-7) that went...
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Billy Graham’s Grandson Schedules Crusade in Tri-Cities Area of East Tennessee
PHOTO: Billy Graham hosting evangelistic crusade. KINGSPORT, TENN., Oct. 27, 2017–More than 300 people from across the region gathered on Thursday night, Oct. 26, in Kingsport, Tenn., to officially...
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BREAKING: 2.7 Magnitude Earthquake Along N.C. – Tenn. Border
The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that a 2.7-magnitude earthquake near the North Carolina and Tennessee Stateline occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Preliminary reports say...
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Thousands Expected to Turnout for Bristol Revival This Coming Week
Revival tent on site in Bristol, Virginia Written by Jeremy Farley Dozens of churches from in and around the Tri-Cities have partnered together to host a two-week evangelistic campaign that will be...
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NWS: “Potentially catastrophic flooding” in Appalachia
It’s been nearly twenty-nine-years to the day since the Appalachian Region was faced with the immediate dangers of a hurricane, as Hurricane Hugo tore through South Carolina on a northbound rampage...
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BEWARE: Deer Collisions Set to Rise in Coming Months
Photo Courtesy of West Virginia DNR This past summer, our family was driving down a winding country road in rural Virginia — traveling below the posted speed limit — when out of no where, a whitetail...
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2.7-Mg Earthquake Overnight in East Tennessee
Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2018, East Tennessee was shaken by a magnitude-2.7 earthquake. The epicenter of the quake was near the community of Sweetwater, Tennessee, which is just...
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INTERSTATE 81 BLOCKED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, MOTORISTS TOLD TO AVOID TRAVEL
Photo: Interstate 81 in Wythe County, Virginia. Courtesy of Wytheville Public Safety. Officer Bryan Bard. VDOT: 6 p.m., December 9, 2018 BRISTOL— The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is...
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BREAKING: 2 Overnight Earthquakes Shake Tenn.
Two fairly large overnight earthquakes shook Tennessee last night, with the epicenter being approximately midway between Chattanooga and Knoxville in the community of Decatur. The first of the quakes...
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BREAKING: Flu Outbreak Closing Schools
Earlier this evening, it was reported that schools in Ashe County, North Carolina; Washington County, Tennessee; and Elizabethton City, Tennessee, have made the decision to cancel classes Friday (Feb....
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