Jeff Keeling
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Des Moines, IA, United States
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‘Keeping Greeneville Greeneville’: Leaders strive to keep charm as quick growth arrives
Editor’s Note: Census data show Northeast Tennessee’s population growing faster than it has in years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed migration patterns. Housing permits are being pulled at record levels. News Channel 11 is spending this year looking at the growth’s impact from every angle. GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Greeneville Town Manager Todd Smith said […] → Read More
Couple add to resort holdings, buy Wolf Ridge ski area
MARS HILL, N.C. (WJHL) — An older man from just down the mountain and a young woman from the city with an interior design background may look like an odd pairing, but Orville English and Deborah Hatley are holding two ends of a baton — the passing of Wolf Laurel Ski Resort. Hatley and her […] → Read More
New JC housing for people recovering from addiction
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new six-unit apartment complex aims to help people recovering from opioid use disorder and is ready to begin housing residents as early as April. “Myrtle Court” is a partnership between the Johnson City Housing Authority (JCHA) and the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA), which provided a $500,000 grant to […] → Read More
Snap-On adding 48,750 sq. feet to Elizabethton plant
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Carter County’s biggest employer, Snap-On Tools, is adding nearly 50,000 square feet of production space to its plant on State Line Road. Snap-On, which employs more than 400 people across three shifts, gained approval from the City of Elizabethton in January to add 25,350 square feet to the north side of […] → Read More
Group loses bid to intervene in NFS license request to produce highly enriched uranium — will appeal
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Nuclear Fuel Services is one step from having a local citizens group out of the process as it seeks a license amendment so it can produce highly enriched uranium (HEU), something the 65-year-old facility hasn’t previously done. The Erwin Citizens Awareness Network (ECAN), requested an opportunity to intervene while the federal […] → Read More
JC mall site permit mentions new Texas Roadhouse
Editor’s Note: The Tri-Cities is growing and News Channel 11 wants to keep you informed of new construction underway commercially and residentially. Our weekly series “Who’s Building That?” uses public documents, research, community connections and hard work to bring you information about who’s building or renovating what, where, and for what use. You’ll also get […] → Read More
Johnson City Keebler annexation hits another hurdle — new zoning regs scrapped
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City’s four newest zoning designations are being scrapped before their maiden voyage — creating another delay in a 500-home planned subdivision that would mark the city’s most significant annexation in years. The so-called Keebler annexation would bring into the city 135 acres near Washington County’s Ridgeview School in Gray. […] → Read More
Web tool tailors childcare search in SW Virginia
ABINDGDON, Va. (WJHL) — The United Way of Southwest Virginia (UWSWVA) has expanded an online portal that helps families with babies and young children find childcare. The “Birth to 5 Hub” connects families with “high quality childcare options,” according to a news release. More than 150 childcare providers across the region now are in that […] → Read More
Region to get $2.3 million in opioid settlement funds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — More than $2.3 million is coming to seven Northeast Tennessee counties to help combat the opioid crisis. The funds from court settlements with drug manufacturers, distributors and other defendants are the first to be distributed directly to counties by the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council. Dr. Stephen Loyd chairs the council. The […] → Read More
First new Erwin subdivision in 20 years near completion
Erwin’s first new residential subdivision in more than two decades is well on its way to completion. → Read More
ETSU may need $276 tuition/fee hike next year
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University trustees learned Friday an annual tuition and fee increase totaling about $276 may be needed to meet expected cost increases in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Trustees also approved a recommendation to increase residence hall and campus apartment fees by more than 5% each […] → Read More
Eastman job cuts likely to impact about 200 locally
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Eastman Chemical Corp. employees whose jobs are getting eliminated learned the news this week. Eastman spokesperson Tracy Addington confirmed the news to News Channel 11 Friday. The company is eliminating about 3% of its positions worldwide as part of an effort to reduce overall costs by $200 million. “(T)he company is […] → Read More
Church says changes coming to parking lot that plagues John Sevier residents
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — It was about 1:30 a.m. when Johnson City police found a man slumped over in a vehicle at 141 E. Market St., just steps from the John Sevier Center (JSC) and its 140-plus elderly and disabled residents. According to a police report, Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) officers found Nathan […] → Read More
Eastman cost cuts to include 3% global workforce cut
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A day after announcing 2022 earnings, Eastman Chemical Company confirmed that 2023 cost reductions will include a reduction of about 3% in the company’s workforce. The coming changes, shared with employees Jan. 12, is likely to affect employees in non-manufacturing and exempt (salaried) jobs more than manufacturing and will be spread […] → Read More
Eastman’s ’22 earnings below forecast, down since 2021
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Eastman Chemical Co. reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings Thursday and both were lower than the previous year — with fourth-quarter earnings of 89 cents per share missing the company’s own estimated range of $1.10 to $1.40. In a forecast for 2023, CEO Mark Costa said the company would reduce costs by […] → Read More
Residential addiction treatment center planned for Dickenson County, VA
DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Dickenson County will see a new residential treatment center to assist those battling substance use disorder, thanks to a $4 million grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority. A release from the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority says a piece of land, purchased by the department in 2021 will […] → Read More
Erwin board denies rafting outfit’s beer permit request
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A whitewater rafting business’s request for a beer permit should be handled based on rules and regulations, not personal opinion, an Erwin alderman said Monday before the town considered the request. Even though Michael Baker’s opinion matched that of the town’s attorney, a few hours later the Board of Mayor and […] → Read More
Limestone Bitcoin mine trial expected before fall
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Washington County’s lawsuit against utility BrightRidge and Bitcoin mine operator Red Dog Technologies will likely go to trial before this fall, the county attorney told county commissioners Monday night. Commissioners voted overwhelmingly Nov. 28 to reject a settlement proposal that would have allowed Red Dog to build a new Bitcoin mine […] → Read More
Monarch management holds community meeting as JCPD keeps working on shooting death case
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City police joined a meeting with Monarch Apartments management and residents Wednesday as the department tries to fully solve a fatal shooting case there. Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) Lt. Don Shepard said the meeting was a positive step as Tarantino Properties, Monarch’s Houston-based owner, attempts to improve security […] → Read More
Advocates react to AG suing Bristol over landfill
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Leaders of a citizens group advocating for solutions to the Bristol landfill gas emission problems said Tuesday they hope Friday’s announcement that the state attorney general is suing the city will expedite solutions. HOPE For Bristol President Joel Kellogg and Secretary Becky Evenden spoke to News Channel 11 about ongoing noxious […] → Read More