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Lifestyles

September 1, 2026

Clearance sale underway at Mooresburg Thrift Store

MOORESBURG – Mooresburg’s Friends & Family Thrift Store, 313 Old Highway 11-W, is holding a clearance sale through Saturday, September 5, with store hours from…

Second Saturday Market seeks vendors, producers for September event

A new voice, rooted in listening

With Heartfelt Gratitude: The Family of Paul Douglas McBee

The Bean House Coffee Co. announces move to Main Street

Narrow Ridge invites community to help put Grainger County’s bumble bees on the map

Health

September 2, 2026

Grainger County Sheriff’s Department to host Drug Take Back event

RUTLEDGE – The Grainger County Sheriff’s Department will give residents an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted prescription medications during a Drug Take Back event…

Grainger County Cancer Connect to offer ‘Biology of Hope’ workshop series

Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine offers free support for those ready to quit

Down Home Pharmacy highlights personalized Hormone Replacement Therapy

Down Home Pharmacy offers MedRoll to simplify medication management

HEALTH ALERT: Free Mobile Clinic coming to Washburn

News

September 2, 2026

Grainger High senior Clay Seals ropes his way to national rodeo stage

Austin Dalton, Grainger County Journal RUTLEDGE – From Grainger County to rodeo arenas hundreds of miles from home, Grainger High School senior Clay Seals is proving that determination, a good horse and plenty of time in the saddle can take a young cowboy a long way. Seals qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo…

Coffee, donuts and camaraderie: Veterans gathering returns September 25

Grainger County Tomato Festival provides update on delayed festival knives

Coffey releases new book exploring Holston River, Grainger County’s earliest settlers

Grainger County offices, schools to close for Labor Day

Weekly Property Transfers

Entertainment

September 3, 2026

GRAINGER REWIND: Indian Cave’s history runs thousands of years deep

BLAINE – Hidden at the base of Joppa Mountain near the Holston River, Indian Cave is more than an abandoned tourist attraction. The Grainger County landmark holds a history stretching back thousands of years, from prehistoric inhabitants and Cherokee activity to early settlers, Civil War mining and 20th-century tourism. Archaeological discoveries indicate Indigenous people used…