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A structure fire has closed part of State Route 81 at the Washington/Unicoi County line, according to the Tennessee ...
Update: Tennessee State Route 81 in Unicoi County has reopened following a fire, according to officials.---A structure fire has closed parts of State Route 81 near the Unicoi and ...
Unicoi County leaders and businesses were equal parts relieved and jubilant Friday as word arrived that devastated county ...
Another Unicoi County project was recently completed: State Route 107 and SR-395 are open in Tennessee but closed in North Carolina. Here's a look at the major roads that were repaired: ...
UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Tennessee State Route 36 has fully reopened in Unicoi County following the damage caused by Helene, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
But Unicoi isn’t the only Tennessee hospital built in a flood plain. Eight others across the state were built in moderate- or high-risk flood zones, and a dozen other hospitals are situated just ...
Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, was destroyed by a flash flood during Hurricane Helene in late September. During the worst of the flooding, murky, brown rapids surrounded the hospital ...
Six workers, most of whom were Latino, died after showing up for work at a factory in Tennessee. A mile down the road, 70 people stuck at a hospital were rescued from the roof.
Buttigieg announced the federal government was providing Tennessee with $32 million of emergency highway aid. Some of that funding went toward repairs to I-26 in Unicoi County, Eley said.
Michelle Matson paced on the rooftop of Unicoi County Hospital as flood waters rose and surveyed 55 faces of women and men anxious for her to save them. Two rescue attempts, one by ambulances and ...
Unicoi County’s Jonathan Williams and Christopher Hampton both lost their homes during the onslaught of flooding brought by Hurricane Helene. Since then, they’ve seen an outpouring of s… ...
More Erwin Police Chief Regan Tilson and U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell observing the I-26 bridges that were damaged during Hurricane Helene in Unicoi County, Tennessee.