News Across Tennessee

Officials with the city of Loudon, Loudon Utilities, Brasfield & Gorrie, and Barge Design Solutions are break ground on the $80 million water treatment plant expansion in Loudon. Pictured from left are: Brasfield & Gorrie Senior Project managerJosh Benton, Loudon Utility Board Chair Don Campbell...

The city of Dayton has joined Lawrence County, Ala., and Calloway County, Ky., as new members of the Tennessee RiverTowns Program. The program is comprised of 22 enrolled communities along the Tennessee RiverLine. The Tennessee RiverTowns Program encourages collaboration and innovation among...

Flexco Products of Tennessee, LLC, officials announced the company will invest $17.5 million to establish manufacturing and distribution operations in Lawrenceburg and will create 60 new jobs. The plant will be the company’s second U.S. location and will be centrally located to better serve Flexco’s...

The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) will be holding its first ever Field Fest event in Johnson City. The event is a mini-conference and marketplace event that will also include various small group press trips throughout the region. Designed to provide OWAA members, supporting groups...

Rich Products officials announced the company will invest $27 million to expand production at its Morristown manufacturing facility. Rich’s, a global, family-owned food company, will create 51 new manufacturing jobs, bringing its total headcount throughout Tennessee to nearly 1,400 people. The...

Gallatin’s Historic Rose Mont is a recipient of a $53,000 grant for Capital Maintenance and Improvement from the state of Tennessee as administered through the Tennessee State Museum. The grant award will be used for repairing and rehabilitating the south side verandah. On the south “service” side...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tennessee State Director Arlisa Armstrong five municipalities will benefit from more than $20.8 million for six projects to bring clean water, state-of-the-art infrastructure and economic growth to rural communities.

The municipalities of Stanton, Paris, Bristol...

Type One Energy Group, Inc., officials announced the company will invest $223.5 million to establish its headquarters and expand operations in Tennessee. Type One Energy will create a total of 330 new jobs by establishing its headquarters in Oak Ridge and expanding fusion research and development (R...

Shoals Technologies Group officials announced the company will invest $80 million in the next five years to expand its existing manufacturing and distribution operations to a new, larger location in Portland. Shoals will create approximately 550 new jobs over the next five years, bringing the...

Officials in the city broke ground on the renovation and expansion of Columbia’s Fire Station No. 1.  The station dates back to 1979 and plans to renovate the facility date back at least a decade. The $4.8 million project expand the 13,675-square-foot facility to add east and western dorms, a new...

The city of Columbia is one of four Main Street programs and five cities to receive $50,000 from the GM on Main Street Grant Program. The program provides grants for placemaking initiatives to nonprofits and municipalities located near GM facilities. The funds will go to Columbia’s Infrastructure...

The city of Kingsport has received a $7.8 million grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Foundation for the enhancement of the city’s Riverfront Park. The 8.8-acre park is located along the South Fork of the Holston River, and plans for it include an inclusive play area, community...