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Lifestyles

August 18, 2026

Lakeside Chapter to Ride for Kingswood Home for Children

MORRISTOWN – Motorcycles, community spirit and a commitment to helping children will come together Saturday, August 29, as the Lakeside Chapter of Templar Knights MC…

Fall Is Brewing at Sunrise on Cherokee

Rutledge High Class of 1986 plans 40th Reunion

A grateful farewell: Thank you, Andrea, for telling Grainger County's stories

Finding Hope After Loss: Six-Week Grief Support Series to Begin August 17

Mighty Men conference planned for August 29 in Mooresburg

Health

August 17, 2026

HEALTH ALERT: Free Mobile Clinic coming to Washburn

WASHBURN – Uninsured residents will have an opportunity to receive free primary health care when St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic brings its mobile medical clinic to…

More Room for care at Grainger County Health Department

Grainger County Health Department to celebrate renovations with ribbon cutting

Walk Across Tennessee returns this fall with Grainger County Stride Tribe

Down Home Pharmacy offers custom pet medication solutions

Free dance fitness class set for July 30 at Friendship Park on the Nance House Grounds

News

August 19, 2026

Free Hunting Day, Squirrel Season open August 22

RUTLEDGE – Tennessee residents can take to the woods without a hunting license Saturday, August 22, as the state celebrates Free Hunting Day and the opening of squirrel season. The annual event, offered by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, is designed to encourage new and returning hunters to experience one of Tennessee’s longtime outdoor traditions.…

Surveillance debate, public safety spending and farewells shape Grainger County Commission meeting

Rutledge weighs the cost of what comes next

Weekly Arrest Report

Weekly Property Transfers

Grainger Chamber meeting, meet and greet set for September 10

Entertainment

August 19, 2026

When everyone knew the Valley Market: Grainger REWIND

RUTLEDGE – There are places that disappear when the sign comes down, and then there are places whose names seem to belong to the land long after the business itself has changed. Along U.S. Highway 11W in Grainger County, the Valley Market is one of those places. Today, motorists know the familiar roadside stop as…