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Updated Sat Oct 31, 2026 · AM
Hazel and Jim Lewis gave $20,000 to Carter County Schools: $15,000 for Central Elementary and $5,000 for students experiencing homelessness.
Read at Elizabethton Star →The Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber's fall legislative breakfast is Nov. 13, 7:30–10 a.m., at TCAT Elizabethton; tickets are $25 with RSVP.
Read at Elizabethton Star →Fall color is in full swing on Roan Mountain, drawing leaf-watchers — some from out of state — up the mountain roads and trails.
Read at WJHL 11 →The city and county are adding a shared economic development position, with a budget of about $200,000 shared with Watauga and Johnson City.
Read at WCYB 5 →An almost two-year partnership between the library and Assistance and Resource Ministries (ARM) stocks fresh produce and other food in the library vestibule.
Read at WJHL 11 →Entries are open for the Dec. 12 Elizabethton Christmas Parade downtown; registration closes Dec. 5 or at 100 entries.
Read at Main Street Elizabethton →Headlines from local outlets · hand-checked Oct 28, 2026. Outlet or takedown requests: [email protected].