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Oak Ridge Residents Alerted to Prepare for Tax Season, City Urges Prompt Payment to Avoid Penalties
Residents of Oak Ridge, please take note: tax season is upon you. Property tax statements have been dispatched and should be landing in mailboxes throughout the month. According to the City of Oak Ridge's recent alert, these statements are sent to the homeowner's address currently on file with the State of Tennessee as of January 1. However, if a statement is not received by July 31, homeowners are advised to get proactive about their taxes.
Empty The Shelters with the Bissell Pet Foundation
Adoption saves two lives – the adopted pet and the one who takes their place in the shelter. Finding a loving home for every pet is the ultimate goal of BISSELL Pet Foundation. As the nation’s largest funded adoption event, Empty the Shelters helps homeless pets find families by making adoption affordable for prospective pet owners. Bissell Pet Foundation does this by supporting participating organizations with reimbursement for each pet adopted. Adopters pay no more than $50 and local license fees….and in many cases, there’s NO adoption fee at all!
Blount Memorial Hospital could become part of South Carolina health system in $364M proposal
Blount Memorial Hospital could soon become part of South Carolina’s largest hospital system, 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. It could also lead to a $364 million boon for the hospital. A signed contract would mean Prisma becomes Blount Memorial’s first health system partner or affiliate in its almost 80-year history. Eleven potential partners participated in a wide-ranging search for such affiliates. The search...
Johnson City Commission OKs annexation request on Gray Station Road
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City commissioners approved an annexation request along Gray Station Road, where 33 housing units are planned. The plan is still early in the process of approval. Departments are reviewing the territory to determine a timeline for providing services and financial impacts. One commissioner said they approved proceeding with determining […]
Former Buc Sisneros will arrive at the Chicago Cubs with a chip on his shoulder
(WJHL) After one of the best offensive seasons in program history, ETSU’s Cameron Sisneros was selected in the 14th round (422nd pick) in the 2024 MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday afternoon. Sisneros is ETSU’s second draft pick in as many years and 55th selection or signee with an MLB organization. Sisneros put […]
Backlash after Metro councilwoman implies Trump asked for assassination attempt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — There continues to be fallout after two Metro Council members shut down a resolution to condemn political violence following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. Droves of people have been asking for one of those councilwoman to resign or be removed from office...
Record receives 12 Tennessee Press Association awards
The Erwin Record earned a total of 12 awards, including two first-place awards, at the 2024 State Press Contests Awards at a luncheon on Friday, July 19, in Franklin, Tennessee. The Tennessee Press Association and the University of Tennessee System announced the winners during the luncheon. UT System Vice President...
Tennessee Tech Sets All-Time Record for Research Funding, Topping $46 Million for Fiscal Year 2024
Tennessee Tech University set an all-time record for externally funded research for the fourth year in a row, according to university administrators. The university topped $46 million in externally funded research in fiscal year 2024, supported by nearly 200 research activations. The total figure for the fiscal year, which ended June 30, surpasses Tech’s previous record by $10 million and marks the achievement of one of the university’s long-held strategic goals a year ahead of schedule.
Second Harvest Food Bank of NE Tennessee receives donation
Representatives from Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, and Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st donated a total of $2,700 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee to provide backpack meals for hungry kids in Carter County. Funds were raised through Shooting Hunger sporting clays shoots. Since 2015, Shooting Hunger events have provided more than two […] The post Second Harvest Food Bank of NE Tennessee receives donation appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
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