News Across Tennessee

Officials with the city of Gatlinburg and Sevier County held a ceremony to dedicate a memorial honoring the lives lost in the 2016 wildfires. The memorial is located in Gatlinburg’s Mynatt Park, which is in the area that was most impacted by the fires. The memorial includes two seaprate plazas on...

The city of Cowan has purchased a new, larger pumper truck for the Cowan Volunteer Fire Department, which will help the department retain its ISO rating and keep the city’s fire insurance rates lower. The 2004 Ferrara pumper truck will replace a 1985 Ford truck that has served as the city’s main...

Officials in Chattanooga broke ground on a new $4.3 million fire station. The new Station No. 15 will replace a building originally constructed in 1970 that is also the oldest operating fire hall in the city. The old fire station has become too cramped to meet the needs of the department and...

Columbia Fire and Rescue has partnered with General Motors to ensure firefighters can safely handle incidents involving electric and hybrid vehicles. The automaker will donate five specialized containment blankets used for EV fires to the department, which help smother EV fires that are generally...

Google Fiber will be expanding its high-speed broadband internet service to Franklin. Google first announced they were bringing their fiber internet service to the Nashville area in 2015 and have since expanded to numerous neighborhoods in Davidson County. Google Fiber offers Internet speeds...

Meco Corporation officials announced the company will invest $27.8 million to expand its Greeneville, creating 67 new jobs. Founded in 1959, Meco Corporation has manufactured steel folding furniture, step stools, OEM components and barbecue grills. The company has manufactured millions of grills in...

Officials with the city of Newport recently held the grand opening and ribbon cutting on the newly renovated entrance to the Newport Community Center. The city’s parks and recreation department has been working on the project since 2018. The facility on Cosby Highway provides a heated Olympic...

Omnicommander officials will invest $1.3 million to expand its Brentwood flagship office by hiring several key positions over the next two years. The financial technology internet company will create 58 new jobs with positions including CTO, CMO, COO, vice presidents, directors, managers, product...

Primex Color, Compounding & Additives Corporation officials announced  the company will invest $5.4 million to construct a new research and development center and expand existing manufacturing space in Jasper. Primex, a full scope plastics manufacturer, will create 28 new jobs as a result of the...

The city of Nashville has been ranked as an emerging hub for life sciences with its labor pool growing by 19% to 7,700 workers since 2019. Nashville ranked second overall nationally for the amount of growth it experienced in the life sciences industry in the same period. Nashville’s life sciences...

Eagleville officials broke ground on the David W. Rigsby Sr. Public Safety Center. The new, first-ever public safety facility for the city will feature a former bank property being renovated to house the city’s municipal court and police department while vacant land on the lot will be used to create...

Local volunteers, Goodlettsville municipal and Parks and Recreation Department employees, Recreational Concepts staff, and supporters from Mapco worked with recreation non-profit KABOOM to create a new playground at Goodlettsville’s Brooks Park in a single day. The community-built, kid-designed...