After 36 years in office, Grainger County Property Assessor Johnny Morgan has retired. 

BLAINE – It’s just after 5 a.m. Blaine Police Chief Tim Wyrick is on the road checking on the town’s businesses and neighborhoods as part of his daily patrol duties.

RUTLEDGE – Grainger County’s Mackenzi Penrod is holding a school supply drive as a community service as part of her reign as the newly crowned Miss Lakeway Area 2020.

RUTLEDGE – Modern Woodmen of America (MWA) helps Grainger County residents improve not only their financial standings, but their daily lives.

RUTLEDGE – Rutledge City Police Department (RCPD) has a long history in Grainger County.

RUTLEDGE – Parents of Grainger High School (GHS) students hosted a prom at the Nance House Saturday, August 8. 

BEAN STATION – A small group of anonymous helpers has been feeding people in the Bean Station and Rutledge communities by serving meals and faith to those in need. 

Local, homegrown choices are still available despite the challenges presented in 2020 from a worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 which lead to the cancellation of Grainger County’s Tomato Festival.

RUTLEDGE – Rutledge resident Charles Walker recently published his novel God Prevails: Never Forsakes.

Tracey Wolfe

Fourth of July

George Washington paved the pathway to freedom for Americans. 

RUTLEDGE – Summer has officially begun and a variety of options are available to Grainger County residents who would like to find local sources of entertainment. 

BEAN STATION – Rescue workers who responded to the 1972 collision of a Greyhound bus and a tractor trailer in Bean Station returned to the scene Saturday, June 20 to meet one of the survivors.  

See article for photo galleries of GHS and WHS graduations.

Years ago, Milton “Polly” Cole prospected in Clinch Valley (along Hwy. 131) near Thorn Hill for zinc. 

RUTLEDGE – Double L Farms is offering farm fresh beef to Grainger County. 

RUTLEDGE – Local residents will soon have the opportunity for one-stop shopping for groceries, gifts, home decor, landscaping materials and even vehicle maintenance and repair services without leaving Grainger County. 

BLAINE – Blaine Veterinary Clinic opened Monday, May 11 and will be offering boarding/grooming, dental services, digital radiography, house calls, in-house diagnostics, routine/major surgery and ultrasound.

BLAINE – Tommy Gilliland began bee keeping several years ago because, he said, he liked the bees.  

RUTLEDGE – Grainger County nurses serve the county through a variety of care services. 

RUTLEDGE – When it comes to basketball coaching, Grainger County is in a unique situation. Probably nowhere else in the state are the high school programs in the district led by brothers.

RUTLEDGE – Rutledge resident Ronnie Hodge’s life changed drastically October 28, 2019.