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Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
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Community summit held to discuss Northeast Tennessee's music economy
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Regional and state leaders dove into Northeast Tennessee's music economy at a community summit in Kingsport on Thursday. 'Northeast Tennessee has a very rich tradition of music in this region, and we want to make sure that we're taking full advantage of that musical heritage to allow for our music ecosystem in this region to grow,' Jimmy Wheeler, Tennessee Entertainment Commission director of business development, said. Last year, East Tennessee State University launched the 'Northeast Tennessee Music Census.' Dobyns-Bennett hosts African American History Seminar After receiving more than 1,200 responses, the results found earnings from music totaled $75.9 million. Several roundtables were held at the event to provide an opportunity for music creators, venue operators, educators, industry professionals and more to contribute perspectives. 'We have a great base and a lot to build on and Northeast Tennessee is the first region in our state that we've done this music census in, and we felt like we had a great group of people to help lead us in that in that census,' Wheeler said. 'We are excited about what the future holds for Northeast Tennessee.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dobyns-Bennett hosts African American History Seminar
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Dobyns-Bennett High School hosted an African American History Seminar on Thursday. The seminar highlighted the history of African Americans in Kingsport by exploring deep-rooted contributions, cultural impact and lasting legacy of the African American community through personal accounts, photographs and historical discussions, a release from the school said. Cost to sequester Boswell jury thousands per day for Sullivan County 'Kingsport has a rich history in the African-American community and the contributions that have shaped our city and have shaped just our state and our nation,' Social Studies Teacher James Scales said. 'We have much history here that is to be celebrated. Today we seek to pay homage to that and allow our students at the same time to learn of that history.' A student-led discussion with former Douglass High School alumni, a historical presentation by Calvin Sneed and more were part of the event. 'That's what makes it so special,' Scales said. 'The ones that are that are here today, they lived it. They gave us firsthand accounts of what it was like.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
