I Love This Place

Today is Graham Clark’s birthday. Last week I found myself walking through Kingsport, thinking about the layers of this place—how it builds over time. It took me back to when…

Dilly’s Curiosity Shop is a gift shop unlike any other in the Model City. Sterling silver and gemstone jewelry greet you when you walk through the door, but as you…

Calling all music lovers – Twilight Alive is back, this May, for another summer of great music, yummy meals, and lasting memories! For nearly 20 years, Kingsport has hosted Twilight…

In 2026, the Dobyns-Bennett Band marks its centennial, a full century of music, discipline, and public pride. That milestone is more than just a birthday for a school organization. It…

If you’ve lived in Kingsport for any amount of time and owned a pair of dress shoes, work boots or sandals in need of repair, then you’ve probably paid Harold…

Kingsport is celebrating a milestone this year: the Centennial of the Dobyns-Bennett High School Band—100 years of music, discipline, school spirit, and community pride. For generations, the band has helped…

With the excitement of the new year beginning to dwindle, you may feel your resolutions slipping away. Cold winter mornings, early sunsets, and busy routines can make it difficult to…

I love this place for a lot of reasons—some obvious, some quiet. But one of the strongest is the way this community honors its veterans. Not loudly. Not performatively. Just steadily.…

Hyder’s Tailor Shop – located on E. Sullivan Street in downtown Kingsport – has been a family tradition for the past 75 years. Established by the original tailor C.M. Hyder…

For someone who does not typically seek the limelight, Kingsport resident Paul Montgomery certainly made an odd choice for how to spend his retirement years. “I’m more of a background…

Just as the name implies, as soon as you walk through the door at Time Travel Toys, you’retransported to the past, to a simpler time before the days of streaming,…

Karen Bland has been swimming nearly her entire life, first starting as a youngster like most of us do. However, she really didn’t hit her stride – at least competitively…