The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department reports the Riverpark Boat Ramp will be closed on Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. and reopen Oct. 20 at 6 a.m.
This closure is to prepare for the Fallen Five Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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National Park Partners presents the 14th Annual Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series, sponsored by Greg A. Vital, with the final lecture to be held on Veteran’s Day, Monday, Nov. 11. The Moccasin ... (click for more)
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a one-day meeting on Friday, Oct. 25, beginning at 9 a.m. at Lone Oaks Farm in Hardeman County. It will be the second time the commission ... (click for more)
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announces the availability of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation ... (click for more)
National Park Partners presents the 14th Annual Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series, sponsored by Greg A. Vital, with the final lecture to be held on Veteran’s Day, Monday, Nov. 11. The Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series brings thought leaders and subject matter experts to share stories and experiences related to national parks, conservation, history, American Indian culture and ... (click for more)
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a one-day meeting on Friday, Oct. 25, beginning at 9 a.m. at Lone Oaks Farm in Hardeman County. It will be the second time the commission has met at the farm which is administered by UT Extension, a unit of the University Of Tennessee Institute Of Agriculture. An update on an on-going turkey research will be given by David ... (click for more)
Two brothers who in 2017 pledged to build a textile plant in economically distressed Bledsoe County that would provide 1,000 jobs have been indicted by federal authorities on a variety of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering charges. Governor Bill Haslam had been among those attending the announcement at Pikeville by Karim and Rahim Sadruddin. Prosecutor Steve Neff ... (click for more)
The head of the citizen watchdog group, Accountability for Taxpayer Money (ATM), says both the Market Center and the The Maclellan apartment building should give up their PILOT tax break agreements. Helens Burns Sharp noted that both have changed their business models and now include short-term rentals. Ms. Sharp sent an email to members of the board of the city's Health Educational ... (click for more)
I appreciate our underpaid teachers here in Tennessee so much. We as a whole have a moral obligation to make sure we contribute to their pay. A wheel tax on our cars is a minimal expense to most of us. Sixty dollars is not enough for us to complain. We shouldn't even bat an eye at that if it contributes to the hard working teachers who sacrifice daily for our children. We ... (click for more)
Yes, it didn’t take long … not long at all … for a majority (remember this word) of the Hamilton County Commission to request a meeting with those teachers who still dare to bear the faces after sending a live warhead of stupid over the bow to their funding body. On Sunday there appeared a letter that chastised, by name, five county commissioners who neither deserved it nor toil ... (click for more)