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Governor Visited YEP Participants at Buffalo River Resort
Governor Bill Lee was in Perry County last Friday, July 26, 2024, to visit Tennessee’s Youth Employment Program (YEP) participants at Buffalo River Resort which hired seventeen youth and young adults to work various jobs during the peak summer vacation season. Gov. Lee met with the resort’s owners, talked with YEP participants, and saw firsthand the positive impact YEP has on Perry County’s economy.
McDonald Tennessee’s ‘Farmer of the Year’
(Submitted by University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture) If you have eaten a watermelon from Kroger or purchased Chattanooga Whiskey, there is a good chance you have already experienced some of what one Tennessee farm, Catesa Farms, has to offer. George McDonald, owner and operator of that exceptional farm, has been named as the 2024 Tennessee Farmer of the Year.
New technology at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center helps doctors detect and treat lung cancer faster
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Officials at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (FSRMC) now have access to new technology that will allow them to detect and treat lung cancer quickly. David Graham, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Covenant Health, said their new robotic platform includes robotic bronchoscopy, which is a camera that goes into the lungs.
Olympics fever captivates workplaces and homes rooting for their favorite athletes
Saludos, amigos: Last Friday, like perhaps many of you, I turned on the television and watched the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The event, which featured athletes from across the world traveling in boats down the Seine River, offered lessons on geography, culture and history, and showed once again why the...
Three anti-abortion activists sentenced to probation in 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three anti-abortion activists were each sentenced to three years of probation in federal court on Tuesday for their 2021 blockade of a Tennessee clinic.
New Tennessee laws that took effect on July 1, Part 4
This is the fourth in a series of reports on the new laws approved by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year and that went into effect July 1. You can see links to parts 1-3 in the online version of this article at www.therogersvillereview.com Health CON reform to increase health care access, lower costs - A new law gradually phases out the Certificate of Need (CON) permit requirements needed...
West TN Drug Coalition’s regional overdose training helps save lives
JACKSON, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Drug Coalition visited the Jackson Exchange Club Tuesday to provide information on the opioid overdose crisis in the state. Most recent data from the CDC and Tennessee Department of Health shows from 2012 to 2021 more than 19,000 Tennesseans have died of a drug overdose, which is enough to completely fill up the FedEx forum.
Donations are driving up the competition in this key Knox County Commission race
The most expensive race for a Knox County Commission seat in this election cycle is centered in neighborhoods that are shifting from red to blue. Republicans have almost exclusively represented the district, which includes Bearden, Sequoyah and West Hills, going back to the 1980s. One of the rare Democrats to represent...
Blount County teaching profession much more than just salary
Teacher salary has always been the subject of hot debate, and even more so recently, as Tennessee passed a law requiring every school district in the state to start their new, first-year teachers off at a minimum of $50,000 after Gov. Bill Lee signed the Teacher Paycheck Protection Act into law. Alcoa City Schools will start their first-year teachers with a bachelor’s degree at $52,250, and new teachers with a master’s will start at $58,781. ...
PAC money, attack ads flood Blount County ahead of Aug. 1 races
Over $1.2 million from political action committees could shape the results of the Thursday, Aug. 1, Tennessee primary elections, state law and Blount County politics for years to come. A little more than three months separate county residents from Nov. 5, when voters will select the next president of the United States. And all three of the county’s own seats in the Tennessee General Assembly are up for grabs in November. Democratic and Republican candidates will compete against one another in the Nov. 5 general...
Dandridge firefighter taken to hospital after crashing into building following medical emergency, police say
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Two firefighters are OK after their command truck crashed into the Jefferson County Finance Building while towing a fire boat on Wednesday morning. According to Dandridge Police Chief Carson Williams, the firefighter driving the truck had a medical incident when the two were driving back from Douglas Lake after doing a weekly check on a fire boat around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday. The lieutenant in the passenger seat grabbed the wheel and tried to steer the truck, but it went off the road and hit the finance building.
Storms bring flash flooding to Dollywood amusement park
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Strong thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in east Tennessee. Park workers and the Pigeon Forge police and fire departments directed guests to safety on Sunday afternoon, and one minor injury was reported, park officials said in a statement. The amusement park said it was supporting guests whose […]