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A new community marketing initiative in Cumberland County is looking to bring awareness to all the community has to offer. Grow the Plateau is an effort to bring together community leaders together with the general public to generate ideas on how to market the county. Amy Garvin is the Marketing Director for Good Folks Marketing in Crossville. “We’ll be launching ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional’s Infectious Disease Specialist said the community has let its guard down concerning COVID-19. Dr. Mark Pierce said the surge does not surprise him following the state’s reopening. But Pierce said he worries it could continue to worsen. “We’ve seen clearly a increase in Putnam County as well as in other places,” Pierce said. “Part of that, I think, ... Read More »

The Christian Counseling Center is dipping into its financial reserves to provide counseling services to clients in need. The non-profit organization has faced a drastic demand increase due to the economic and psychological impact of the pandemic. Executive Director Donna Cielma said she’s seen a lot of previous clients return to the center. “They’ve lost their jobs because of COVID, ... Read More »

Election Administrators around the Upper Cumberland say they feel they are prepared for August’s election. That’s despite not meeting the state mandate of two times the normal workers. White County Election Administrator Dorcas Marcum said she is trying to have one or two extra workers at each polling site. “We don’t have double the workers,” Marcum said. “But we’re trying ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech prepares for athletes to return to campus for practices. Tech’s football team will be the first wave of athletes to return. Athletic Director Mark Wilson said voluntary football workouts will begin Monday. “It is ever evolving with more and more information,” Wilson said. “We are establishing all the protocols that we are going to need to have in ... Read More »

The Algood Farmer’s Market is now open and accepting permit requests from vendors. Algood City Administrator Keith Morrrison said the city wants to start generating community interest in the market, even though construction is still ongoing. “We thought we would go ahead and let them setup and get selling. That way there would be some activity there, “Morrison said. “We ... Read More »

WCTE’s partnership with the state’s education department will continue this fall with more At-Home Learning programming. WCTE President Becky Magura said stations across Tennessee are working closely with Education Commisioner Penny Schwinn to plan a new curriculum. “We are in contact actually every week with the commissioner’s office,” Magura said. “They have a terrific team that is working with this ... Read More »

The Putnam County Parks and Recreation Department is suffering from funding losses from a hotel motel tax revenue decrease. As sports tournaments are cancelled, out of town competitors aren’t staying in Putnam County hotels. Parks and Rec Director John Albertson said this tax revenue is one of the main sources of funding for the department. “We’ve been asked to monitor ... Read More »

One person has died amidst the COVID cluster outbreak at NHC of McMinnville with another patient transferred to the hospital. The McMinnville long-term facility reports 18 patients have tested positive. 16 are currently being treated at the facility. Nine employees have tested positive, according to data released by NHC. This weekend’s death the first COVID death at the facility. The ... Read More »

A Baxter woman died in a house fire along Buffalo Valley Road Sunday morning. The woman’s name has not been released. Both the Baxter Fire Department and Putnam County Fire Departments responded to the fire at 528 Buffalo Valley Road around 3:00am. They found smoke coming from the home. Firefighters began fighting the fire and trying to rescue a female ... Read More »