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Local Matters deals with community issues and interests that affect listeners closer to home. With topics from major events across the nation and how they impact our area to interesting people and figures from across the Upper Cumberland. Local Matters is where local, matters.

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Local Matters With Ben Rodgers: Highlands Training Center

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Ryan & Stacey talk about all things Highlands Training Center & community work. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers meets with Ryan Barnhart & Stacey Baxter from Highlands Training Center. The group touches on what inspired the Highlands Training Center, the different challenges both Stacey and Ryan have seen in the first year plus, and the type of person they are ... Read More »

Local Matters With Sam Brooks: Workout Anytime

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Jerry & EJ continues the series on fitness discussing all things Workout Anytime On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks visits with Jerry Pugh and EJ Williams, owners of Workout Anytime, continuing the discussion on fitness. Jerry and EJ discuss their resolutions in the new year, discussing some of the trends the gym has with different recovery methods, and how the gym ... Read More »

Local Matters With Tiffany Anton: Small Business Development Center of The Upper Cumberland

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Kelly talks all things business with info that can help small business owners. On today’s Local Matters…Tiffany Anton is talks with Kelly Sullivan, the director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center for the Upper Cumberland region. The two discuss what the Small Business Development Center is, different fears people have when it comes to managing a small business, advice ... Read More »

Local Matters With Buddy Pearson: Meet Dr. Teddy Burch, Tennessee Tech Assistant Professor in Department of Communication

Teddy talks about his background and the path that brought him to Cookeville. On today’s Local Matters…Buddy Pearson is sits down with Dr. Teddy Burch, an assistant professor in the Communications Department at Tennessee Tech University. Teddy talks about working for the school newspaper in college as his first opportunity, some of the common occurrences he deals with teaching advanced ... Read More »

Local Matters With George Halford: Meet Mark Odom, Rogers Group Marketing & Infrastructure Consultant

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Mark discusses being involved with different areas from roads to area basketball On today’s Local Matters…George Halford meets with Mark Odom, a Marketing and Infrastructure Consultant for the Rogers Group that has been involved in different areas of the Upper Cumberland. Mark discusses a co-op he was apart of with McDowell Road Builders, his family’s involvement in Upper Cumberland basketball ... Read More »

Local Matters With Sam Brooks: Meet Workout Anytime Co-Owner Jerry Pugh

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Jerry discusses how his job in as an EMS worker led to him owning a gym today. On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks talks with Workout Anytime Gym co-owner Jerry Pugh. Jerry talks about the growth of the gyms with 20 locations spread across six states, what attracted Jerry to working in EMS, and everything a person can expect when they ... Read More »

Local Matters With Tiffany Anton: Meet Christine Faccinto, Thunderhawk Canine

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Christine discusses having a life & career revolved around working with animals. On today’s Local Matters…Tiffany Anton talks with Christine Faccinto, the owner of Thunderhawk Canine in Cookeville. Christine talks about her path to her career today coming from a background dealing with animals, the value of having your pets being trained, & what it was like breaking into the ... Read More »

Local Matters With Buddy Pearson: School Board Appreciation Pt. 2

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Buddy continues his spotlight on the school board talking to three more members. On today’s Local Matters…Buddy Pearson talks with three more members of the Putnam Co. School Board as School Board Appreciation continues. Lynn McHenry touches on the different jobs board members allows for a good mix of backgrounds, how Dawn has been able to show the ropes to ... Read More »

Local Matters With George Halford: Meet Larry Bragga, Former Mayor, Educator, & Coach

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Larry talks being a man of different backgrounds from being an educator to mayor On today’s Local Matters…George Halford meets with Larry Bragga, a former educator, mayor, & baseball coach. Larry talks about assuming the head baseball coach and assistant basketball coach his first year teaching high school, moving to Cookeville to help his son Matt upstart Tennessee Tech baseball, ... Read More »