Times-News - Kingsport, TN - Newspaper Headquarters on Waymarking.com

The Kingsport Times was the first newspaper to serve Kingsport. Like many Kingsporters, it had its early beginning elsewhere. Print weekly as the "Progress," at first in Johnson City and delivered here, the Kingsport Times was read in 1916 by the residents of an area incorporated the following year as the City of Kingsport. It later started semi-weekly editions and thrived with the prospering city. Daily publication began in 1924.

Since 1970, the newspapers have been produced at the Kingsport Publishing Corporation's modern plant and offices at 701 Lynn Garden Drive. With 155 full-time employees, 50 part-time employees, and more than 275 carriers and dealers involved in circulation and distribution, the Kingsport Times-News has continued to record the Kingsport region's progress.

Good for local news. National and international news are just AP wire service reports with their known bias. I start with the "education" section (comics) first. Tours of the building and printing press are available upon request as our cub scout group took one several years ago.

Area Served: Kingsport, TN Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: [Web Link] What is (later, was) its physical address?: 701 Lynn Garden Drive Kingsport, TN USA 37665 Does it now just provide an internet read?: Both newsprint and internet Internet address: [Web Link] Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: I still am one of their subscribers! If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed

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