Tag Archives: Upper Cumberland

The need for more truck climbing lanes dominated Thursday night’s discussion on the future of the Interstate 40 corridor. Phase one of a 20-year plan for the roadway included comments from Putnam and Cumberland County residents Thursday night. The study will examine the current and future needs of the interstate. WSP USA serves as T-DOT’s consultant on the project. WSP’s ... Read More »

Nearly 3,400 Upper Cumberland residents filed new unemployment claims in the week ending April 18. That brings the total to more than 16,500 since the COVID-19 outbreak began. The Nashville area of northern middle Tennessee continues to be the hardest hit area of the state. First time claims totaled over 29,000 last week in that region. State officials hope the ... Read More »

The Upper Cumberland needs more judges. That’s according to a state comptroller’s report showing a growing deficit in the 13th Judicial District. The report showed the 13th district has a deficit of 1.3 full-time equivalent judges based on 2019 statistics. Chancellor Ronald Thurman serves the district as presiding judge. “Our numbers keep gradually going up, and, of course, the population ... Read More »

Traditional celebrations to raise awareness in honor of Earth Day this year for Tennessee Higher Education students took the form of Zoom meetings instead, according to Professor Of Biology Mark Green. Wile Covid-19 may have put a damper on festivities, “Maybe a positive aspect to this pandemic is it sort of made everyone a little more aware of the environment ... Read More »

Only two Upper Cumberland long-term care facilities have dealt with two or more positive COVID-19 cases during this outbreak. The Department of Health released new data for facilities across the state in an effort to protects residents, family and staff. Algood’s Signature Health Care Center reported 51 positive cases, second highest among Tennessee’s long-term care facilities. The White House Assisted ... Read More »

Putnam County’s COVID-19 case number hit 100 Wednesday with four people dead. That number reflects an increase of five cases from Tuesday’s report. Putnam County becomes the 12th county in the state to reach triple digits in positive COVID-19 cases. 74 of those who tested positive have recovered. 1,097 tests have come back negative. The Upper Cumberland total stands at ... Read More »

The search for a location for the Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery has resumed after a land deal in fell apart. Paul Overholser is the Strategic Development Director for the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services. The department had originally selected 93-acres adjacent to I-40 in Cumberland County for the cemetery. “We had an initial verbal agreement with the property owner,” ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport fuel sales have been strong during the month of April. “We’ve been moving a lot of medical-type stuff and corporate traffic still has to be moving,” Airport Manager Dean Selby said. “I think a lot of them are coming here rather than going through BNA (Nashville International) cause they’re concerned about the bigger cities.” The Airport ... Read More »

Governor Bill Lee’s plan to get money into the hands of county and city governments statewide will mean about $14 million for Upper Cumberland cities and counties. The Governor’s administration made applications available to local municipalities Tuesday. Each county will receiver at least $500,000 while each city will receive $30,000 or more. Funds will be available July 1 to be ... Read More »

With changes taking place due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Upper Cumberland veterans are struggling to access services. Putnam County Veteran Service Officer Mark Harris said that medical service is difficult due to procedure changes in the outpatient clinic. “They changed the process of how they did it about two weeks ago,” Harris said. “They would basically limit the number of veterans ... Read More »