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Over 600 businesses are members of The Chamber of Commerce serving Johnson City – Jonesborough – Washington County. We welcome your involvement as a new member. Our membership packet and investment schedule is attached below, please let us know if you have any questions.

Gabe Gounaris, Director of Membership & Business Development, (423) 930-6880

Barbara Mentgen Archer, Director of Operations, (423) 461-8011

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Judge dismisses, reduces several sex crime charges against Elizabethton man

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — An Elizabethton man who originally faced several charges, including four counts of aggravated rape, accepted an Alford plea on Monday, resulting in the dismissal of several charges and reduction of several more. Kenneth Anthony Payne was 47 years old when he allegedly broke into a woman's Carter County home in August 2020 and sexually assaulted her....
Johnson City man pleads not guilty to child rape charges

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Johnson City man who faces multiple child sex crime charges pleaded not guilty to all of them on Monday morning. Downtown Johnson City stabbing leads to arrest Benjamin Alexander Scott, 33, pleaded not guilty to the following charges: two counts of rape, aggravated rape, rape of a child and continuous sexual abuse of a child. Authorities arrested...
911 hang-up call leads to Johnson City man's arrest

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — When Johnson City (JCPD) officers responded to a home on Bart Green Drive at 10:30 p.m. Sunday following a hang-up call to dispatch, they heard noises erupting from the backyard. Officers rounded the home to find the suspect, identified as David Reid, on the ground with a woman he had in a headlock, according to a...
VSP: At least 1 taken to hospital after vehicle overturns on I-81

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) - A crash on Interstate 81 in Washington County, Virginia sent "at least one person" to a nearby hospital Monday morning, according to the Virginia State Police (VSP). A VSP spokesperson told News Channel 11 that around 7:31 a.m. a vehicle in the northbound lanes ran off the road at the 9 mile marker. The vehicle overturned...
Man involved in deadly Carter Co. DUI crash to spend 9 years in prison

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Roan Mountain man accepted an Alford plea on Monday in his involvement in a driving-under-the-influence wreck that took the life of 51-year-old Kevin Whitehead. Jerry Stout, who faced vehicular homicide by intoxication for the 2021 incident, will spend nine years in jail without probation and will have his driver's license revoked for three years upon...
DEA nets 720,000 pounds of unused drugs in takeback

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WJHL) - After tallying the final results of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that Americans turned in 720,000 pounds of unused prescriptions in April. According to a press release from the agency, the workers collected medications across 5,144 sites on April 30. Since 2010, the DEA and other cooperating agencies say...

Hokies advance to NCAA Super Regionals, Lady Vols upset at home

(WJHL) - Both Tennessee and Virginia Tech softball began Sunday with a chance to clinch an NCAA Regional championship at home. The Lady Vols needed just one win over Oregon State to seal the deal, but the Beavers swept the home team on Sunday afternoon, ending their season. Oregon State took Game 1, 8-3, as Mariah Mazon allowed Tennessee just four hits...
Tri-Cities Otters eager to build on record-breaking 2021 season

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - After notching a club-record seven wins last summer, the Otters will return to TVA Credit Union Ballpark for a second-straight summer. "It's definitely exciting to be back, especially after the season we had last year," second-year midfielder Agu Ortiz said. Finishing with a record of 7-4-3 last season, the Otters just missed out on a postseason spot....
Greeneville soccer continues state tournament streak; Tribe, Toppers eliminated in sectional

(WJHL) - A handful of area boy's soccer teams were just one win away from a trip to the state tournament on Saturday. The rain cleared the area in time for a 4A sectional between Dobyns-Bennett and Knox West in Kingsport. Despite chances on both sides, regulation and extra time ended with a still-scoreless draw. The Rebels, however, grabbed a victory...
Vols' Josiah-Jordan James to return for senior season

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) - Rick Barnes figures to return another experienced guard to the 2022-23, as senior Josiah-Jordan James is expected to return to Tennessee next season, per CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein. The Charleston, South Carolina native had originally declared for the 2022 NBA Draft, but will now reportedly withdraw his name and play for the Big Orange this winter. James averaged...
Vikings, Lady Blazers among local teams to earn state tournament berths

(WJHL) - Four area teams punched their tickets to Murfreesboro and their respective state tournaments next week with wins on Friday night. Defending 4A state champions, Science Hill, battled Powell in Johnson City, but the Panthers earned a 4-2 win and a state tournament berth. The Hilltoppers finish their season with a record of 35-6. For the first time since 1980, Tennessee...
ETSU wins rain-shortened game to close regular season

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - A six-run third inning proved to be the difference between the Bucs and Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon, as ETSU held on to defeat The Citadel, 11-10. The Blue and Gold snagged an early run on a Bryce Hodge RBI groundout in the first inning, however the visitors answered back with three runs in the second to...