🌱 14th Annual State of the Cities Luncheon and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What has four eyes and can’t see? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 65.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 5

• 14th Annual State of the Cities Luncheon
  Bristol Chamber of Commerce The Bristol Train Station 101 MLK Blvd. Bristol, VA 24201
  11:30 am

Thursday August 6

• Election Day
  CARTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Elizabethton, TN 37643
  8:00 am
• Ribbon Cutting celebrating Joshua Culbert, CPA held in partnership with First Horizon Bank
  Kingsport Chamber of Commerce 108 East Main Street Kingsport, TN 37660
  4:30 pm
• Caleb Gross & The Rustic Outlaws →
  Bristol, TN Calendar Bristol, TN 37620
  7:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Senior Sunrise, Tipton Stadium, 6:15AM, SH
  Johnson City Schools Johnson City, TN 37605
  6:15 am

Saturday August 8

• Downtown Elizabethton Maker's Market: 2nd Saturday of the Month →
  Crossroads Craftworks, 411 E Doe Ave, Elizabethton
  11:00 am
• 5th Annual Tweetise Trail Jams →
  Citizens Bank Stadium - Elizabethton High School, 907 Jason Witten Way, Elizabethton
  6:30 pm
• Covered Bridge Festival Tweetsie Trail Jams 26 →
  Citizens Bank Stadium - Elizabethton High School, 907 Jason Witten Way, Elizabethton
  6:30 pm

Monday August 10

• Ribbon Cutting celebrating Select Seven Credit Union
  Kingsport Chamber of Commerce 2559 East Stone Drive Kingsport, TN
  12:00 pm
• Sensory Night – August 10th, 2026 →
  Hands on Discovery Center 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615
  4:00 pm
• Comedy Open Mic Night →
  Crossroads Craftworks, 411 E Doe Ave, Elizabethton
  7:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Off the Clock Chamber Social
  Bristol Chamber of Commerce Cascade Draft House 828 State Street Bristol, TN 37620
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Can anyone recommend a licensed and insured local company that can install drainage to prevent rainwater from entering a finished basement?
  I am getting estimates from AFS, Master Services, and Ameri-Dry. Has anyone used these companies and what were your experiences with them? A warranty… (Nextdoor Carr Estates)

• Food City posted a job opening for Food Service Associate in Blountville. Apply here.
• Shoffner Kalthoff Mechanical Electrical Service, Inc. posted a job opening for HVAC Service Technician in Blountville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blountville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Bristol

• Lady Cougar Jayden Kitts commits to King University (1450wlaf.com)
• Flock, ALPR cameras debate heats up as critics cite privacy rights (wcyb.com)
• Country Music's ‘Father' Recorded His First Songs in This Unexpected Place (thestate.com)

Kingsport

• Kingsport announces Fordtown Road Bridge project – Kingsport, TN (kingsporttn.gov)
• The Seafood Platters At These 10 Tennessee Spots Are Good Enough To Build A Trip Around (takingthekids.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mississippi (Thank you Eloy R. for sending it in!)
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