Two Johnson City elementary schools will start the new year with two new assistant principals as Leeanne Francis and Chelsea Lee will begin their positions at Woodland Elementary and Mountain
Each year the Friends of Booker T. Washington National Monument award two scholarships of $1,000 each to graduating seniors at Franklin County High School.
Abandoned mine lands are supposed to be properly reclaimed stabilized and reforested to preserve water quality and prevent erosion. But hundreds of thousands of acres of old strip mines remain unclaimed, and many mines that shuttered before 1977 were reclaimed in an antiquated style that doesn’t reflect today’s best practices.