Tag Archives: Jamestown

The City of Jamestown is moving to clean up condemned properties. Building Inspector Earl Sweat told the city council Monday night the city currently has 7 condemned properties. He said property owners have 30 days to clean up before the city moves in to perform any demolition work. “One resident asked me, and I said, if not, the city would ... Read More »

Jamestown Mayor Lyndon Baines said he believes communication issues are at the root of the city’s frustrations over funding the county’s 911 service. At a budget committee meeting last week, several county commissioners expressed concern that the county was setting policy, through its budget decisions, without the city having input. Baines said Jamestown sees the benefit of the service and ... Read More »

Jamestown City Hall will be closed beginning Tuesday for repairs and maintenance. Mayor Lyndon Baines said the main offices and the service window will both be closed. The city will upgrade software and take care of some maintenance issues over the next four days. Baines said City Hall will reopen Monday. The Jamestown Community Center has reopened after being closed ... Read More »

The City Of Jamestown awarded the bid Monday night for upgrades to the city sewer system. Portland Utility Construction submitted the low bid at $531,000 according to Jamestown City Engineer Thomas Bennett. The city received a total of four bids for the project. A Community Development Block Grant from the state will pay for the project. Bennett said the bid ... Read More »

Fentress County officials want to use some COVID-19 money from the state to become ADA compliant. “Your ADA, it started out in 1990 and it never was taken care of,” County Executive Jimmy Johnson said. “They came back in 1998, possibly 2000 and they had been after to get it done, the federal folks have, with ADA.” Johnson said the ... Read More »

The City of Jamestown has received a $125,000 dollar grant to begin improving downtown streets. Mayor Lyndon Baines said Jamestown hopes to use the funds for an infrastructure study in preparation to replace traffic lights installed in 1983. He also wants to make it easier for people to access downtown businesses. “I would like to have pedestrian signals, especially at ... Read More »

County officials are in talks with investors exploring the return of emergency services to Fentress County. County Executive Jimmy Johnson met with the investor group Friday. He said county residents have been without a local hospital for 11 months. “We’re just keeping our fingers crossed at this time, that something will work out, and hopefully it does,” Johnson said. “We’re ... Read More »

The City of Jamestown is now accepting bids for renovations to the city’s main sewer pump station.The city first updated the electrical panel system for the station, but Mayor Lyndon Baines said some of the pumps have operated for over 10 years and also need updating. “We just wanted to bring it up to date and code,” Baines said. “If ... Read More »

The City Of Jamestown will investigate the possibility of an involuntary bankruptcy filing against Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s owner, Rennova. Jamestown City Attorney Baley Allred shared multiple options on how the city might work to return health care to Fentress County during a Monday board of aldermen work session. The community has been without emergency care since Jamestown Regional closed ... Read More »

A former Jamestown Police Officer has been indicted on charges of official misconduct and statutory rape. Brandon Troy Adams faces three counts of statutory rape by an Authority Figure, three counts of Aggravated Statutory Rape, and one count of Official Misconduct. Adams turned himself in Thursday afternoon and was booked into the Fentress County Jail. The TBI conducted the investigation ... Read More »