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🌱 Meet the Mountain City grad stepping from Northeast State toward nursing
Hello again Mountain City! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Meet the Mountain City grad stepping from Northeast State toward nursing
- How a Mountain City win helped launch this teen banjo standout
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Mountain City? Post it to Mountain City photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Increasing amounts of sun, with a high of 49 and low of 36 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 56, low: 32.
- Friday: Windy; lots of sun, colder, with a high of 34 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Northeast State celebrates 522 fall 2025 graduates (timesnews.net) — Northeast State Community College has celebrated 522 fall graduates, including Mountain City’s own Caleb Owens, who completed a pre-nursing program. The Blountville ceremony highlighted students’ perseverance, with speakers urging classmates from Mountain City and across the region to carry that determination into new jobs, further education, and community service. 
• Share America Foundation Chooses Banjo Stylist/Vocalist Derek Stone As A Scholarship Designee (chattanoogan.com) — A young banjo player recently took first place at the Mountain City Fiddler’s Convention in Mountain City and has now been chosen for a Share America Foundation scholarship. Chattanooga 10th-grader Derek Stone, a multi-instrumentalist already winning major regional contests, will receive support for college as he pursues bluegrass performance, instrument building, and possibly mechanical engineering or music business.
📸 Around Mountain City
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Power Board
Bristol, TN Calendar Bristol, TN 37620
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Blountville: Adult Knit & Crochet Group
Sullivan County Public Library , 1655 Blountville Blvd , Blountville
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Blountville: Geri-Fit
Sullivan County Public Library , 1655 Blountville Blvd , Blountville
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King University's A Very Bristol Christmas hosted by Aaron Blake
Paramount Center , 518 State Street , Bristol
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Blountville: Open Music Jam
Historic Anderson House , 3400 TN-126 , Blountville
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Morgan Wade
Paramount Bristol , 518 State St , Bristol
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Downtown Elizabethton Holiday Wrap Up
Downtown Public Parking , Parking lot , S Pine St , Elizabethton
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Sunday Funday @ O'Mainnin's
O'Mainnin's Pub , 712 State St , Bristol
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Blountville: Sing and Play Story-Time
Sullivan County Public Library , 1655 Blountville Blvd , Blountville
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Comedy Open Mic Night
Crossroads Craftworks , 411 E Doe Ave , Elizabethton
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Elizabethton: Old Time Music Jam
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park , 1651 W Elk Ave , Elizabethton
1:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Emergency Alert
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- Universal Health Services, Inc. posted a job opening for COOK - Part Time in Mountain City. Apply here.
- Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Mountain City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bristol
- Bristol firefighter Brandon Clawson honored with state proclamation for his service (wcyb.com)
- Sign-ups open for qualifying round of Tennessee Songwriters Week (wjhl.com)
- Breeze Airways non-stop flights to D.C. debuts at Tri-Cities Airport (wjhl.com)
Elizabethton
- Landfill response enters sixth day as crews continue suppression efforts (elizabethton.com)
Ok Mountain City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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