ELIZABETHTON — Work crews from the Carter County Highway Department and the Elizabethton Electric Department started very early on Tuesday in widely separated sections of the county, from the western
ELIZABETHTON â Cleanup continues on Browns Branch Road in the Roan Mountain area several weeks after a storm blew through the community.
âIt will take a while longer to clear the storm damage,â Carter County Highway Superintendent Roger Colbaugh told the Carter County Commissionâs Highway Committee on Thursday. He said later the clean up will probably take another couple of weeks.
Colbaugh talked with the Johnson City Press about the cleanup effort following the meeting. He said work crews using the large 24-ton capacity dump trucks have cleared and hauled to the landfill about 12 to 13 truckloads. But the debris is only part of the storm damage that has been removed. Colbaugh said larger limbs were run through chippers and the chips have been given to any property owners who want it. Colbaugh said the chips have proven to be a popular commodity, and the Highway Department hasnât had to haul the chips away or fill the landfill with the residue.
ELIZABETHTON — With the warming weather of spring, the Carter County Highway Department has been busy. Shannon Burchett, assistant road superintendent for the county gave an extensive report of the
Kentucky State Police Post 9 is investigating a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Floyd County.
KSP Post 9 received a call from McDowell ARH stating that a man had been brought to the emergency room with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
Troopers believe 26-year-old Ryan Etcherson was shot near his vehicle on Browns Branch, before walking to a nearby home for help. The homeowners then drove him to McDowell ARH.
Etcherson was transferred to Charleston Area Medical Center where he is in critical condition.
This investigation is ongoing.