Washington County Enters Into Poor Settlement In Bitcoin Lawsuit, Is Johnson City The Next Location?

Washington County Has Entered Into A Poor Settlement Agreement. This Agreement Does Not Serve The County Nor Its Citizens Well. The County Has Been Far Too Lenient By Allowing Additional Years For The Facility To Continue Operation And The Waiving Of Significant Penalties In Doing So. The County Is Also ‘Passing The Buck’ By Potentially Allowing The Facility To Relocate To Jonesborough Or Johnson City.

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Johnson City’s Struggling Broadband Program Should Be A Warning To Tennessee [Op-Ed]

There’s A New Trend Sweeping Across Tennessee, And It’s Not A New Dance High Schoolers Have Learned On Social Media. In Fact It’s An Even Bigger Waste Of Time And Could Negatively Affect You And Your Neighbors. I’m Talking, Of Course, About Government-Owned Internet.

To Some, It Sounds Nice On Paper. Who Doesn’t Want More Internet Offerings? Isn’t Increasing Internet Access Critical In An Increasingly Online Society? Yes, But Like Any Government Project, The Devil Is In The Details, And The Details Have Been Grim For Consumers. That’s Not Conjecture, It’s Fact: Just Look At The Numbers In Johnson City.

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