UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health’s Unicoi County Hospital received $9.8 million in funds approved by the State of Tennessee and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

The floodwaters made their way to the town of Erwin and Ballad Health’s Unicoi County Hospital. Ballad Health Southern Region President Lisa Carter said it’s a day that she’ll never forget.

But concern over the hospital's location wasn't new. In November 2013, Unicoi County Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1953, was acquired by Mountain States Health Alliance on the condition that ...