NORTHEAST TENNESSEE CITIES AND COUNTIES ANNOUNCE SAFER AT HOME ORDERS

In Norheast Tennessee, city and county mayors are issuing safer at home orders. Hawkins County, Sullivan County, and the City of Johnson City's orders begin today and will run through Monday, April 6. Carter County, Washington County, and the City of Elizabethton's orders begin tomorrow, April 1, and will run through Tuesday, April 7. Tennessee law only allows mayors to announce a local state of emergency for a period of seven days, but they can extend it by a period of seven days at the end of each period. 

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