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Tim Sanders talks to Lynda Fontaine about his run for Kingsport city Mayor. Topics include the Ballad healthcare monopoly in the Tri-Cities, schools, roads, budgets and homelessness in Kingsport.

Colette George talks to Lynda Fontaine about her run for Kingsport city Mayor. Topics include the Ballad healthcare monopoly in the Tri-Cities, schools, roads, budgets, broadband for low income and more.

Sara Buchanan talks to Lynda Fontaine about her run for Kingsport city Mayor. Topics include the Ballad healthcare monopoly in the Tri-Cities, schools, roads, budgets, broadband for low income and more.

Paul Montgomery talks to Lynda Fontaine about his run for Kingsport City Mayor. Topics include the Ballad healthcare monopoly in the Tri-Cities, Schools, Roads, Budgets, broadband for low income and more.

William King Museum of Art, Alice Salyer gives us all the details about upcoming classes you can sign up for.

Sullivan County Beef Backer Chairman, Katie Barnett joins Lynda Fontaine in the A Closer Look kitchen to give us all the details on June Beef Month. Katie also shows us a delicious recipe for beef bean burritos.

Robert Sorrell, Author of Secret Appalachian Highlands: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. The Appalachian Highlands, a rural region consisting of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, is world-famous for its country music treasures, fast cars, early pioneer history, and breathtaking natural scenery. It is centered on the tri-cities of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport, and is surrounded by smaller communities and rural wonderlands.

June is Dairy Month and Maggie Malone, 4-H Extension Agent of Sullivan Co. and Samantha Roberts Sullivan Co., Dairy Chairman explains what this means also makes a very delicious breakfast parfait.

Lydia Hoskins, Sullivan County Imagination Library. After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly. The first books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library had mailed one million books. It would prove to be the first of many millions of books sent to children around the world. Dolly’s home state of Tennessee pledged to pursue statewide coverage in 2004 and global expansion was on the horizon. After the United States, the program launched in Canada in 2006 followed by the United Kingdom in 2007, Australia in 2013 and the Republic of Ireland in 2019.

KINGSPORT THEATRE GUILD ACTORS TUESDAY INGRAM AND LAREE BALL IN THE UPCOMING PLAY "JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH" VISIT THE A CLOSER LOOK STUDIO TO SPEAK WITH LYNDA FONTAINE ABOUT THEIR ROLES IN THE PERFORMACE AND MORE.

Pastor Scott Parker, the Executive Director of One80 sits down with Lynda Fontaine to talk about his organization that helps men in recovery and/or who were recently incarcerated. They work with other programs and non-profits in the East TN region. They also work with the Tennessee Drug Court, probation agencies and law enforcement.

Lynda Fontaine speaks to Brandi Perkey, the Executive Director for the Animal Shelter in Sullivan Co. They will have a fundraiser for the shelter on May 18th with shelter tours, food trucks, local vendors, bounce house and more! It is free to the public, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Allen Thomas, the Regional Administrator of Small Business Association speaks with Lynda Fontaine about small business and how SBA can help you get started, promote, and find mentors that have the experience and knowledge of starting a business. They also help with lending, as they back banks who wouldn’t normally loan for startup businesses.

Brenda Fox, Chair of the Communications Committee for Bays Mountain Park Association, Friends of Bays. Brenda speaks to Lynda Fontaine about the new Bays Mountain Park license plate and how you can pre-order yours today!

KINGSPORT MAYOR PAT SHULL