News Across Tennessee

Gold Creek Foods (GCF) officials announced the company will invest $15 million to establish manufacturing operations in Caryville. Through this project, GCF will create 218 new jobs in Caryville as the company acquires the assets of Campos Foods LLC, which shut down its beef processing operations...

The city of Alcoa has welcomed two new fire trucks. The two new pumper rescue trucks replace outdated trucks – one built in 1995 and another in 2004 – that fire officials determined needed to be replaced after a needs analysis and multiple rounds of approval. The new trucks were outfitted by Pierce...

HardcoatTechnologies LLC will invest $6.6 million to expand operations at its Papermill Drive location in Knoxville, creating 85 new jobs. The company will locate additional operations adjacent to its headquarters and original injection molding plant. As part of this project, Hardcoat Technologies...

Officials with the city of Oak Ridge have broken ground on a new water treatment plant that will replace the existing 1943 facility originally owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. The plant was ceded to the city in 2000, but its age and the growing needs of the community have put the...

New Balance Athletics officials announced the leading athletic footwear and apparel manufacturer will invest $68.5 million to establish a new distribution center in Lebanon. Located in the Speedway Industrial Park, New Balance will create more than 150 new jobs, which will support a portion of the...

Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts and nine other city employees spent Oct. 4 in wheelchairs to experience the accessibility challenges in their city as part of the “Spend a Day in My Wheels” challenge created by Alex Johnson. Sponsored by the Permobil Foundation and Team ALeX, the challenge charges people...

The city of Morristown has joined Hamblen County and Walters State Community College as the first local government entities to join the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN). Their decision to join TACN makes them the first local...

After eight years of closure, a Brownsville hospital will be reopening its doors. The Haywood County Community Hospital closed in 2014 and in that time has gone from being owned by Franklin-based Community Health Systems to a local non-profit to the Haywood County School System before finally making...

The town of Lakesite is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a municipality. Originally a subdivision of some 200 homes built in the 1960s, Lakesite incorporated as a city in January 1972 with a vote of 75-15. Since its incorporation, Lakesite officials have paved area roads in need of repair...

The city of Columbia has contracted with Adams Contracting for a streetscape project on a portion of South Garden Street to serve as a gateway welcoming visitors to the Columbia Arts District. The roadway features both the Columbia Arts District and Columbia Fire and Rescue Mural as well as takes...

Kingsport’s Bays Mountain Park will soon be the home of two bobcat kittens who were being raised in captivity in Montana. Born at a zoological facility earlier this year, the brothers were two of a litter of four with their sisters serving as animal ambassadors at another facility. Once the bobcats...

Officials with the city of Franklin welcomed a delegation from their sister city of Bad Soden, Germany, for a celebration of German Reunification Day at Franklin City Hall. The holiday commemorates Oct. 3, 1990, when the German Democratic Republic (GDR) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)...