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Tennessee to distribute additional $813M to broadband providers in effort to expand rural access
Tennessee is set to receive $813 million in federal funds to expand high-speed broadband internet into rural communities. The funds were approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration as part of a national effort to extend broadband to underserved communities throughout the United States. As Tennessee prepares to distribute $61M […]
Vols, never change Neyland Stadium name, says Pilot founder Jim Haslam | Toppmeyer
Jim Haslam recites Gen. Robert Neyland’s maxims accurate to the word, as if he’s envisioning the legendary Tennessee football coach writing them on a blackboard in front of him. Haslam’s favorite of Neyland’s seven maxims applied to more than football. He believes it spoke to his business career. “Play for and make the breaks....
Amazon Housing Equity Fund opens for developer applications in Nashville
Amazon's affordable-housing development fund that has already created and preserved 3,100 homes in the Nashville area since 2021 reopened its fund for applications to build or save more lower-cost homes, the tech giant announced this week. The Amazon Housing Equity Fund deploys grants and low-interest loans to affordable housing developers in the company's...
John Ragan explains his election results challenge
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Aug. 19, The Oak Ridger published a news story on Tennessee Rep. John Ragan's challenge to the results of the Aug. 1 election. Those results showed he lost the Republican Party nomination for the 33rd District seat to Rick Scarbrough. Here is the news release Ragan sent last Friday, Aug. 16, about the challenge. ...
I had a bird’s-eye view of the 1958 Vols-Chattanooga slobber-knocker | Sam Venable
Any time the football Vols host Chattanooga’s Mocs - as will occur six days hence - it is incumbent upon doddering journalists to retell the saga of Tennessee’s humiliating loss in 1958 and the 90-minute riot that ensued. As a 77-year-old typist who is not only a native Knoxvillian but also an eyewitness,...
Traffic, Sewage, Teens Among Park Discussions
Cookeville residents voiced opinions Thursday night on a proposed new park south of Interstate 40, with the biggest concerns being sewage problems in the area and traffic. Leisure Services wants to build out 16.6 acres on Old Sparta Road off Highway 111. Resident Jim Sanderson said he has witnessed sewer problems where the park will be built.
CRMC Elects Wheaton As Chairman
The Cookeville Regional Board of Trustees elected Cookeville Mayor Laurin Wheaton as the new trustee chair Thursday. Former Chairman Cheryl Sandlin introduced Wheaton after the board unanimously approved the election. Wheaton thanked Sandlin for her time by gifting her a gavel. “First of all I definitely want to thank you...
Transfer Jakobe Thomas grew up a Tennessee football fan, but opener will be first Neyland Stadium game
Jakobe Thomas grew up a Tennessee Vols football fan in Tullahoma, but he never got the chance to go to a game at Neyland Stadium. Next weekend, he'll be running through the Power T as one of the Vols himself. Thomas, a Middle Tennessee State transfer, has been counting down the days until the season opener. ...
Gov. Bill Lee Champions Rural Advancement at Tennessee's 2024 Governor's Rural Opportunity Summit in Nashville
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee convened the 2024 Governor's Rural Opportunity Summit this week, underscoring his commitment to enhancing rural sectors of the state through strategic investments and workforce development. Echoing his aspirations for rural Tennessee, Lee stated, "Although rural America has been in decline for decades, rural Tennessee is proving to be the exception, thanks to historic investments in vocational, technical, and agricultural education that are shaping our state’s future workforce," in a report by the Governor's office. These remarks align with his broader strategy to prepare the local workforce for sustainable economic success.
U.S. accuses RealPage of helping landlords collude to raise rents
The Department of Justice on Friday filed an antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, a property management software company, for an alleged "unlawful scheme" to reduce competition in the apartment rental market and secure a monopoly for itself. Why it matters: RealPage uses a trove of data to help some of the...
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