Monday, May 30, 2016

Pausing to Remember our Veterans

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As a 2016 tribute to our veterans in the Douglass alumni family and the Riverview community, we salute some of the Army, Marine and Nav...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

SW VA Pastor to speak at Women’s Day program Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist

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KINGSPORT — A Women’s Day program will be held Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1026 Maple Street, beginning at 3 p.m. The...

Helping the homeless

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From purple ribbons to raise awarness, to an event to give aid, the New Vision Youth members recently sponsored the first in what is hop...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Golf Tournament Suspended

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ANNOUNCEMENT: THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DOUGLASS SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. Organizers say the purse giveaway wi...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board Meeting Scheduled

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There will be a meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Association Board on Saturday, May 14, 2016. The meeting will be held...
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Hawkins high school students helping revive Swift's May Day tradition

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THIS STORY COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS Jeff Bobo • May 4, 2016 at 1:48 PM jbobo@timesnews.net ROGERSVILLE — For decad...
Friday, May 6, 2016

The Great Golden Gathering 2015 Banquet DVD's are available!

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Last year, alumni from 15 former African-American high schools from Big Stone Gap and Appalachia, down to Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City...

Great Golden Gathering Banquet DVD's Now Available!

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I t was the highlight of the biggest reunion of African-American alumni in all of Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Last year...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Upcoming Golf Tournament Benefits Alumni Scholarship Fund

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THE GOLF TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY... One of the biggest golf tournaments in the area will be hosted in Kingsport th...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Celebrate our DB Graduates

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The Class of 2016 and their parents, friends and the neighborhood cordially invite you to a graduation ceremony honoring our community grad...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Sons and Daughters of Douglass Board Meeting Scheduled

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There will be a meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Douglass Board of Directors on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The meeting will be in the ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Kingsport BMA honors former alderman Richard Watterson

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THIS STORY COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS By MATTHEW LANE mlane@timesnews.net   KINGSPORT — Richard Watterson was the first A...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Power out in parts of Kingsport on Good Friday

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A major power outage this morning is effecting dozens of Kingsport residents and briefly shut down Kingsport Emergency Communications Center...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

New Vision Youth Fish Fry on Good Friday

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    KINGSPORT — New Vision Youth will host a Fish Fry Fundraiser on Good Friday from noon until sold out at the Riverview Community Room,...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Alumni Board Meeting

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The Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board will meet Saturday, March 19, 2016 in the Eastman Board Room of the V.O. Dobbins Sr. Compl...

‘Kicking Butts’

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About 30 children participated in the annual ‘Kick Butts Day’ on Wednesday at the VO Dobbins Community Center in Kingsport. The event —...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Sons and Daughters of Douglass Board Meeting

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The scheduled meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board of Directors is postponed from this Saturday, March 12th. The res...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Long-awaited plan to extend MLK Drive: Another option in and out of Riverview

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"They promised us that MLK Drive would be extended almost 10 years ago when they renamed it after Dr. King.  And then they just did...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Don't Forget Board Meeting on Saturday

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The Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Association's Board will meet on Saturday, February 27, 2016, in the Eastman Board Room of the...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Black History Program Postponed

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The annual Black History program scheduled for the Lamplighter Theater has been postponed because of bad weather moving through upper East T...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board Meeting Rescheduled

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Saturday's meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board in Kingsport has been rescheduled because of the threat of bad wea...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Douglass Alumni at the 2016 Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Banquet

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It wasn't that long ago that the city of Kingsport was celebrating construction that many people thought would never happen. It was...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

"Coty" and Bob Deering: A Tribute to One of Douglass's Most "En-DEERING" Couples

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In February, 2011 Douglass High School Football Coach Bob Deering passed away at his home in Westbury, New York.  His wife Coletta, affe...