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Erwin, like many other communities in East Tennessee, was nearly engulfed by the high waters. The rising tide flooded every aspect of life in Erwin. The city lost power and water and suffered ...
Virginia State Police aviation units out of Abingdon, Va., assist with rescues at the Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee. More than 50 patients and staff have been trapped on the roof of ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − A group of employees from a plastics factory clung to spools of flexible yellow plastic pipes on the back of a flatbed semitruck for hours waiting for help as the Nolichucky ...
Erwin is a town in and the county seat of Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. [9] The population was 6,083 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Johnson City metropolitan area , which is a component of the " Tri-Cities " region.
Unicoi County (/ ˈ j uː n ɪ ˌ k ɔɪ /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,928. [2] Its county seat is Erwin. [3] Unicoi is a Cherokee word meaning "white," "hazy," "fog-like," or "fog draped," and refers to the mist often seen in the foothills and mountains of this far northeast county. [1]
WXIS (103.9 FM) is an all-news radio station serving Elizabethton, Greeneville, and the Tri-Cities region of Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol in Tennessee, as well as Bristol in Virginia. The WEMB outlet operates with an ERP of 6 kW and is licensed and based in Erwin, Tennessee .
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died after they were swept away by floodwaters from ...
In June 1985, a gunman with two rifles held the station hostage for five hours. Lyle Shelton of Erwin interrupted a WEMB news broadcast in which WEMB news editor-in-chief Kathy Thornberry mentioned his recent arrest. Shelton told disc jockey Charles "Chuck" Ray he wanted to be put on the air. "He said he wanted to tell the truth," Ray told police.