BRISTOL DRAGWAY CONCERT VENUE SIGNS ALABAMA AS FIRST HEADLINER
Bristol Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Caldwell announced this week Alabama will be its first headliner at the brand-new Bristol Dragway concert venue. The Thunder Valley Amphitheater will seat ...
USPS CONDUCTS ANNUAL STAMP OUT HUNGER CAMPAIGN THIS SATURDAY, MAY 11
The United States Postal Service is asking for the public’s help as it embarks on its 27th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this Saturday, May 11. Postal carriers are asking residents of Cumberland ...
TWO COMPANIES RELOCATING TO CHATTANOOGA’S RIVERFRONT, ALONG WITH 200+ JOBS
Micronics Engineered Filtration Group and Team Title Services have announced plans to move their respective operations to Chattanooga. The two companies are relocating to 1201 Riverfront Parkway, the ...
HUNDREDS OF JOBS FORTHCOMING IN ROANE COUNTY? COQUÍ SAYS YES
Roane County could see in excess of 200 jobs in the near future. Coquí Radiopharmaceuticals Corporation has announced its intention to invest $500 million at a new medical isotope production facility ...
BRAD PAISLEY BREAKS GROUND ON FREE GROCERY STORE IN NASHVILLE
Brad Paisley hopped into the cab of a backhoe Wednesday, to dig up the first pile of dirt in what will be a free grocery store designed to support needy Nashville families. The Store, a partnership ...
MAY UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN AS PRESIDENT OF ROANE ALLIANCE
The Roane Alliance board last week appointed Pam May as its new president. May has been with the alliance for 11 years, serving as tourism director and vice president of operations. She also was appoi ...
PROPOSED TN LAW REMOVES AMUSEMENT TAX FROM GYM MEMBERSHIPS
Tennessee lawmakers aren't breaking a sweat over a proposal designed to repeal a $10 million amusement tax on gym memberships. House members unanimously agreed to sign off on the measure on Thursda ...
VERIZON CONFIRMS TEXTING OUTAGE ALONG EAST COAST, INCLUDING PARTS OF TENNESSEE
If you’re a Verizon customer and haven’t been able to text today, there’s a good reason: a widespread East Coast service outage. A tweet issued by Verizon Wireless this morning said “a ton of custo ...
SULLIVAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT CLOSING; KNOXVILLE NOW CLOSEST FACILITY
When Tri-Cities Waste Paper in Kingsport closes Friday, it’ll leave Sullivan County without a plant to handle paper and plastic recycling. Asheville Waste Paper, Tri-Cities’ parent company, has not c ...
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS & NEW JOBS ANNOUNCED IN RHEA, SEQUATCHIE COUNTIES
More than 300 jobs and $11 million in investments are coming to rural towns in East Tennessee. Governor Bill Lee and the Department of Economic and Community Development announced Wednesday two sep ...
DOLLAR TREE MAY CLOSE AS MANY AS 390 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES
Virginia-based Dollar Tree Inc., which acquired Family Dollar in 2015 for nearly $9 billion, is set to close as many as 390 Family Dollar locations this year and will rebrand some 200 others as Dollar ...
CHICK-FIL-A IS NOW SERVING FISH SANDWICHES FOR LENT
If you're wishing for fish this Lenten season, your wish has come true. Chick-fil-A is making the rounds on social media this Ash Wednesday as the company announces the return of its limited-time f ...
