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Knoxville Track Club hosts Springbook Splash to honor fallen deputies
ALCOA, Tenn. (WVLT) -The Knoxville Track Club is giving back to the community the best way they know how: running. This weekend’s Springbook Splash event is dedicating the race to two Blount County Deputies, Greg McCowan, and Shelby Eggers. Previous Coverage: Knoxville Track Club raising money for fallen Deputy...
Leadership Blount County presents Class of 2025
When Leadership Blount County was formed in 1990, community leadership programming in America was a relatively new concept. Unlike corporate management training, the idea of training nearly 40 individuals about every aspect of the community in order to build involvement was a novel idea in Blount County. Blount County and its needs have changed over the last decades, Leadership Blount has aspired to meet those needs through its programming. After...
Word from the Smokies: Park program welcomes people with disabilities into the backcountry
Growing up, Blount County native Carly Pearson considered time outdoors a way of life. When she wasn’t exploring the stunningly diverse landscape of nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she was giving it her all on the soccer field. In adulthood, she became a wildland firefighter for the National Park Service.
Blount Memorial Interim CEO talks joining South Carolina hospital system
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The non-binding letter of intent between Blount Memorial Hospital and Prisma Health is a move made with the vision of growth ahead. ”We believe Prisma health allows us to grow and really serve Blount County in a better way than we have before,” Blount Memorial Interim CEO Jonathan Smith said.
Blount Memorial Hospital enters into early agreement to become part of South Carolina-based healthcare company
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Blount Memorial Hospital could soon be under new leadership. Prisma Health, a South Carolina-based nonprofit healthcare group, announced Thursday evening that it has formally begun negotiating with the Maryville hospital to have it join its organization. The announcement came shortly after the Blount County Commission...
Blount Memorial Hospital could become part of South Carolina health system in $364M deal
Blount Memorial Hospital may soon become part of South Carolina’s largest health care organization, Prisma Health. The move would mark the culmination of months of talks with hospital systems on affiliation and is meant to bolster the hospital’s prospects going forward. If Prisma, a private non-profit, meets obligations outlined in a letter of intent approved unanimously by the hospital’s board Tuesday, July 18, it could become Blount Memorial's first health system partner or affiliate in its decades-long history. Eleven potential partners participated in a wide-ranging...
'This was my best friend that got killed' | Death row inmate's loved ones, private investigator, calling for exoneration
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Thirty-two years ago, Tennessee investigators found the bodies of siblings Tommy Griffin and Connie Branham. They also found a burned-out car and a burned trailer connected to the crimes in Blount and Sevier counties. Gary Wayne Sutton, and his uncle, James Dellinger, were eventually convicted...
Prisma Health nears takeover of Blount Memorial Hospital
A step towards a new era for health care in Blount County was taken Thursday as both the Blount Memorial Hospital Board of Directors and the Blount County Commission voted unanimously toward the approval of a letter of intent with the South Carolina-based company Prisma Health.
Blount commission rejects schools' budget amendment
Parts of Blount County Schools’ general purpose budget for the current fiscal year are uncertain after the county commission Thursday, July 18, rejected the district’s newest spending proposal. The Blount County Board of Commissioners voted 10-5 against accepting an amendment to the schools’ budget during a meeting Thursday. Several commissioners abstained from the vote. The schools’ amendment would have cut over $500,000 from the $127.7 million allocation county commissioners approved...
Blount Memorial leaders to take public comment on latest round of possible management changes
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Blount Memorial Hospital Board of Directors is set to meet Thursday for a presentation on possible partnership options. This comes after Blount County mayor Ed Mitchell pushed to shift control of the hospital to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. At the time, leaders at Blount Memorial pushed back, saying the initiative was an overreach by the county.
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