News Across Tennessee

Axle Logistics, LLC officials announced the company will invest $37.9 million to expand logistics operations at its Knoxville headquarters. The company will create 651 new jobs in Knoxville in the next five years, nearly tripling its current headcount in Tennessee. As part of the project, the...

The town of Atoka is levering the largest grant award in town history to finance the revitalization and enhancement of Atoka’s wastewater infrastructure. Atoka was granted $8,192,350 through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act. The...

The city of Columbia has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). This is now the 24th year the city has been awarded this honor. The report has been judged by an impartial...

Summit Behavioral Healthcare officials announced the company will invest $4.5 million to expand its Franklin headquarters, creating 125 new jobs in the next five years. Summit Behavioral Healthcare was established to develop and operate a network of leading behavioral and mental health centers...

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has awarded top honors to the city of Bristol for demonstrating a “spirit of full disclosure” when preparing the city’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The latest award recognizes Bristol’s Annual Comprehensive...

Downtown improvement grants totaling more than $4 million have been awarded to 17 Tennessee Main Street and Tennessee Downtowns communities. 

Grants were awarded to organizations that illustrated the need for improvements and the ability to execute an effective design plan for building facades...

The city of Columbia, Maury County government officials, and representatives of the James K. Polk Home and Museum were present to unveil statues of President James K. Polk and First Lady Sarah Childress Polk at the city’s Preservation Park, across the street from the Polk Home and Museum. The...

The Nolensville Police Department has received a $18,600 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase a Polaris Ranger Crew SP 570 ATV, which fulfills a critical need within the department to respond more quickly and efficiently to certain calls for...

Wind River Custom Homes, LLC officials announced today the company will expand in Southeast Tennessee by constructing a new facility in Cleveland. The company will invest $2.5 million and create 77 new jobs, moving their operations into the Cleveland city limits. The new 92,000-square-foot facility...

McNeilus Steel, Inc. officials announced the company will invest $23.4 million to expand its presence in Tennessee by locating new operations in Morrison. The company will create 55 new jobs at its new manufacturing and distribution facility on West Maple Street. The Morrison site will be McNeilus’...

Simpson Strong-Tie announced the company will invest $110 million to expand its Gallatin operations by locating a new facility on Airport Road. The company will create 37 additional new jobs. The new location will allow Simpson Strong-Tie to better meet its growing product demand and relocate a...

A ribbon cutting was held at Bean Station’s Harris Court Park for a new BlueCross Healthy Place. Representatives from BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Bean Station Mayor Ben Waller, Bean Station Aldermen Mickey Ankrom and Eddie Douglas, Grainger County Mayor Mike Byrd, and other members of the...