Browse past news stories for Unicoi County High School in Erwin, TN.

• Local woman has historical story (Johnson City Press)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 02:06:37 am
  Georgia Ruth Cacy Fink has a 94-year story to tell that chronicles her long life in East Tennessee.
• A way out: Student presentations illustrate domestic violence, alternatives (Johnson City Press)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 02:36:29 am
  ERWIN — The dinner was not ready quick enough for the husband. Then, it was cold to boot. He was not happy.
• UCSD disrupts drug activity involving high school students (Johnson City Press)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 02:17:06 am
  ERWIN — Spurred by tips from the schools director, the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department spent the weekend busting drug activity involving students at the high school, Sheriff Kent Harris said Sunday.
• Schools expecting decrease in grades (Johnson City Press)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 02:47:28 am
  ERWIN — A higher baseline in scoring likely will lead to a reduction in grades for Unicoi County and other systems across the state on the Tennessee Report Card next month, the schools director said Wednesday.
• How do you like them apples (Johnson City Press)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 02:33:10 am
  ERWIN — Official numbers are at least a couple of weeks away, but Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce leaders said Monday that they believe attendance at the Apple Festival Friday and Saturday was the highest ever.
• Apple Festival has plenty of fun for kids (Johnson City Press)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 02:17:10 am
  ERWIN — Main Avenue and the side streets are geared mostly toward the adults during the Apple Festival, although there are some ways for children to have fun.
• Unicoi Co. High School principal says class changes ‘well received’ (Johnson City Press)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 02:17:27 am
  ERWIN — Switching to a new classroom schedule at Unicoi County High School in which students take four classes a day for 90 minutes each instead of six for 50 minutes apiece has been well received, the principal said Thursday.
• It's fun to play at the YMCA (Johnson City Press)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 01:55:33 am
  ERWIN — Excitement is in the air at the Unicoi County Family YMCA as leaders of the recreational facility prepare to open an expanded complex to the public.
• Debating how to spend insurance money in Erwin (Johnson City Press)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 02:25:37 am
  Noting plant closures in the the last few years, an Erwin alderman on Tuesday suggested it might not be wise to spend insurance proceeds from the fire that destroyed the old Town Hall on a new civic center.
• Unicoi veterans fundraising for park security camera (Johnson City Press)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 02:25:16 am
  ERWIN – The Unicoi County Veterans Memorial Park Committee is starting a fundraiser to pay for at least one security camera at the facility that would be tied into the Unicoi County 911 center.
• Feelin’ groovy at Autorama (Johnson City Press)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 03:25:38 am
  ERWIN – Peace, love and an affinity for the hippie lifestyle, mixed with a dose of the 1970s, was on display Friday at the Unicoi County High School track.
• The loss of a major landmark could mean a new beginning in Erwin (Johnson City Press)
  posted on June 1, 2009 at 02:26:44 am
  Nearly two months after a huge fire destroyed the Old Town Hall building, a construction company will be on site this week to remove the charred and burned remains of the landmark former four-story building.
• Unicoi County using program to cut down on online predators (Kingsport Times-News)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 08:33:28 am
  ERWIN — The potential for children to become involved with sexual predators is one of the greater concerns that has emerged in the Internet age and frightens people in positions of authority.
• More than 160 take next step at Unicoi (Johnson City Press)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 03:27:07 am
  ERWIN – For most graduates, high school graduation is a bittersweet time when they begin to look forward to the future but are sad to see their friends move on to different places.
• Another look back at the stooges through the memories of others (Johnson City Press)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 01:54:57 am
  My recent Yesteryear column on The Three Stooges from Robert Gardner and William Brown brought quick responses from Lou Thornberry and Don Sluder.
• Agency reaccredits Unicoi County HS for another five years (Johnson City Press)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 02:24:57 am
  ERWIN – Unicoi County High School has been reaccredited for another five years by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Lady Knights Fall In District Softball (The Greeneville Sun)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 02:45:31 pm
  ERWIN -- Elizabethton limited Chuckey-Doak to one hit and three base runners on Monday in the District 1-AA softball semifinals, advancing with a 4-0 victory.
• Houser, Stillwell to play ACS benefit (Johnson City Press)
  posted on May 4, 2009 at 06:09:48 pm
  Country artist Randy Houser will headline the Concert 4 A Cure today (Tuesday, May 5) at Unicoi County High School in Erwin, with Matt Stillwell opening the show. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and music starts at 6:45. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.
• Benefit concert in Erwin to feature country artists (Elizabethton Star)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 08:22:32 pm
  Only a few days remain to purchase tickets for the Concert for a Cure featuring country-music singers Randy Houser and Matt Stillwell to be held Tuesday, May 5, at Unicoi County High School.
• Unicoi County schools making plans for $850,000 in federal stimulus funds (Johnson City Press)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 01:54:48 am
  ERWIN – The Unicoi County school system stands to receive more than $860,000 in federal stimulus funds to be used over the next two years, and education leaders are thinking about using the money for a host of initiatives.
• Into the field: Envirothon lets students put learning into action (Johnson City Press)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 03:40:08 am
  ERWIN — One phase of learning is to read something in the textbook and listen to the teacher’s lecture. A whole other element of learning is practical experience.
• Students’ plans go up in flames (Johnson City Press)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 01:25:39 am
  ERWIN — Unicoi County High School students and their teachers had a lofty dream, one embraced by the Board of Education, the school system administration and Erwin officials.
• Houser, Stillwell to play Erwin benefit (Johnson City Press)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 09:25:08 pm
  ERWIN – Two country music stars will perform May 5 as part of the Relay For Life of Unicoi County’s first-ever Concert for a Cure.
• Longtime Republican legislator and former CCHS basketball coach, Zane Whitson, dies at 75 (The Newport Plain Talk)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 11:59:17 pm
  NEWPORT-Zane Carroll Whitson, Jr., who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1978-2002, died March 3, 2009, at Johnson City Medical Center following a stroke. He was 75.
• Whitson, former state representative, dies at 75 (Johnson City Press)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 04:13:13 am
  ERWIN — Zane Whitson was a major mover and shaker as a state representative from Unicoi who helped bring Interstate 26 all of the way to the North Carolina border.