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Upper Cumberland leaders identified housing as one of the top issues at UCHRA’s Policy Council meeting Wednesday. In a community assessment of almost 1,000 people across all 14 counties in the region, access to affordable housing was of the top five needs. Director Mark Farley said that does not necessarily mean that there is a lack of apartments, but a ... Read More »

Former District 41 Representative John Mark Windle set to represent Representative Gloria Johnson of Knoxville in Thursday’s expulsion hearing. Johnson is one of three facing expulsion for “disorderly behavior” after she, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis led protest chants for gun reform on the floor of the chamber last week in the wake of the deadly ... Read More »

Caney Fork Electric can provide the 10 megawatts needed by a proposed VBC bitcoin mining facility. Contractor Cliff Evans met with Van Buren County officials Tuesday. Evans said he represents a Little Rock Arkansas company that wants to build the facility in the Van Buren County Industrial Park. Evans said 300-plus computers that do the mining are housed in a ... Read More »

Putnam County Planning Commission unanimously approved new subdivision regulations implementing a traffic study requirement for certain developments Tuesday night. This, after several conversations on how to best approach those cases. Planning Director Kevin Rush said the approval allows the planning department to require a traffic study and sets the standards for those traffic studies. “The intent of this is that ... Read More »

Overton County School District saw success with its official Kindergarten Pre-Registration Day Monday. The day helped parents with children entering kindergarten pre-register, finish online registration when log-in information is received, and complete screening activities. Kindergarten through 6th Grade Supervisor Melissa Savage said if you missed the event, there are other ways to register. “Contact the school that the child will ... Read More »

Cookeville Water Quality Control Department having to decide the next steps after a chemical storage tank recently ruptured. Director Barry Turner said the 6,000-gallon tank held ferric chloride used at the water plant. He said the cause of the rupture is still being investigated, but have one possibility in mind. “It used to have fluoride in it and it’s a ... Read More »

Livingston will move forward with the engineering contract for several projects involving the city’s water and wastewater utilities. Engineer Greg Davenport said the city will move forward with improvements to the raw water intake, and improvements at the wastewater treatment facility. “So we’re going to get a third pump, change out of one of the old pumps, and we’ll have ... Read More »

For the second time this year, a Putnam County ambulance has been involved in a wreck. Major Rob Clarke said this has put EMS in a tight spot when it comes to their fleet. He said they typically have 18 ambulances running at all times, with a few spares. “We have actually kept some of our units that we were ... Read More »

Livingston applying for a grant through the TVA that will help with upgrades at the industrial park. Consultant Ray Evans said the improvements will be on the last remaining lot of the city’s industrial park. He said the tract is about 14.4 acres with about 11 acres actually developable. “To do what’s called due diligence studies,” Evans said. “We’ll do ... Read More »

The Town of Monterey has accepted an agreement with Putnam County to provide water services to Calfkiller Highway. Alderman Alex Garcia requested a verbal summary of the agreement from engineering consultant Nathaniel Green during Monday night’s meeting. Green spoke about changes approved by the Water and Sewer Committee from the previous agreement. Then Green said it would be difficult to ... Read More »