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Community News – July 18, 2024
Greetings! Hope all are doing well. Happy birthday to Madison Mays, Kathy Haynie and Macy Cain on July 17 and Mark Landers, Claude Cain and Ann, Rory, and Jodie Romero on July 18. Wishing you all a very happy day!. Please keep Woodie Deming, Kristen Jones and Joyce Stewart on...
FHU athlete Scott earns MSC Male Character First Award
Freed-Hardeman track and field and cross country student-athlete Bo Scott has been named the 2023-24 Mid-South Conference Male Character First Award recipient, conference officials announced Wednesday. The honor is the first for Scott and he becomes the first Freed-Hardeman male student-athlete to earn the recognition. Scott is active in his...
Dept. of Health denying teens preventative healthcare, citing new parental consent law
By Anita Wadhwani Tennessee Lookout Tennessee public health clinics will no longer give teens access to routine healthcare — including birth control, sexually transmitted infection treatment and pregnancy tests — without parental consent, according to the Department of Health’s interpretation of a new parental rights law that took effect July 1. The Family Rights and […] The post Dept. of Health denying teens preventative healthcare, citing new parental consent law appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
MOUNTAIN GOAT TRAIL ALLIANCE RECEIVES $353,232 TIRE PROGRAM GRANT
GRUNDY COUNTY – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $353,232 for the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program. The Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, a community outdoor recreation project, will provide matching funds of $88,308 and use the grant to construct two sections of porous pavement trail using recycled scrap tires. The project costs $441,540 and creates ADA compliant accessible pathways for guests of all abilities that will connect the trail with South Cumberland State Park Visitor Center and the Fiery Gizzard trailhead. “The Tire Environmental Act Program provides ways to retrieve old tires and repurpose them into community assets,” said TDEC Deputy Commissioner Greg Young. “These grants help make that happen, and we look forward to the results that come from this process.” The approximate combined length of the two trail sections will be 0.75 miles and will recycle approximately 8,200 scrap tires. The Mountain Goat Trail is 35-mile multiuse, multimodal walking and cycling trail that runs through seven towns within Franklin and Grundy counties. The purpose of the Tire Environmental Act Program is to select and fund projects that best result in beneficial uses for waste tires. Projects must qualify for one of three categories: tire processing/recycling, tire-derived material use, or research and development. The program provides grant funding to eligible entities, including local governments, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, and for-profit businesses. Tennessee established the Tire Environmental Fund in 2015. Upon the first retail sale of a new motor vehicle to be titled and registered in Tennessee, a flat fee based on the number of a vehicle’s wheels is assessed. The fee goes into the fund, which is used for projects creating or supporting beneficial end uses for waste tires. Since 2015, grantees have been awarded almost $9.2 million, and approximately 7.6 million tires or nearly 82,000 tons of scrap tires have been diverted from landfills. The tires are repurposed for use in rubberized asphalt, tire-derived aggregate, tire-derived fuel, granulated rubber porous flexible pavement, and other beneficial end uses that result in tires being diverted from landfill for a higher and better use.
Child Well Being in Coffee Co. / Bedford Co. - In Bottom Half of Tennessee Counties.
The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth has released its County Profiles of Child Well-Being in Tennessee for 2024. At 68th, Coffee County is in the bottom half of Tennessee counties in child well-being. Coffee County’s strongest indicator is the percent of public school kindergarteners with the full immunization. Bedford County is 72nd in child well-being. According to the state, the county’s biggest challenge is the percent of children without health insurance, where it ranks 90th.
Daily Briefing: Tennessee whiskey Nearest Green's incredible growth
Hi! Welcome to another Wednesday edition of the Daily Briefing. Here's what you need to know to start your day. Tennessee whiskey Nearest Green's incredible growth The improbable rise of Nearest Green Distillery and the history of its namesake, a Black man in the South who helped Jack Daniel distill his famous whiskey, unfurls...
Tennesse House District 97 election: Read our Q&A with GOP primary candidates
Early voting is underway in Tennessee. Two Republicans are vying for the Tennessee House District 97 seat, including incumbent Rep. John Gillespie and Christina Oppenhuizen. State House District 97 encompasses portions of Shelby County suburbs. The district has been held by Gillespie since 2020. In November, Democratic candidate Jesse Huseth...
Outdoor Notes: TWRA reports two fatalities over holiday weekend
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported two fatal boating-related incidents over the four-day Fourth of July holiday and Operation Dry Water weekend. Each of the incidents involved men who fell from boats. The first came July 4 when a 75-year-old Knoxville resident drowned while docking his boat at the Tennessee National Marina in Loudon County. The second occurred when a Dyer County man appeared to suffer a medical emergency and fell into the water while fishing at the confluence of the Tennessee and...
It's time for Amazon Prime Day! And we found some of the best deals for Tennessee
It's finally here. It's time for Amazon's 48-hour mega sale. Amazon Prime Day started at 12:01 a.m. PT on Tuesday, July 16. For Tennessee, deals began rolling out at 2:01 a.m. CT/ 3:01 a.m. ET and will continue until 2:01 a.m. CT/3:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 18 (which is 12:01 a.m. PT on Thursday, July 18). Don't worry, the hottest deals on tech items, kitchen gadgets and beauty supplies are still coming out every minute.
Tennessee and Wyoming passed anti-red flag law legislation in 2024
New laws in Tennessee and Wyoming passed this year prohibiting the use of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as red flag laws. They are the third and fourth states to adopt such laws after Oklahoma did so in 2020 and West Virginia in 2021. ERPOs authorize individuals, typically...
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