Regional News
Agriculture Enterprise Fund Recipients Announced
Tennessee Agriculture to announce the first recipients of funding through the new program
Read MoreSmoky Mountains received record number of visitors in 2017
The park received 11,338,894 visitors which is a slight increase from 2016.
Read MoreBuilding the economy of the future
The preliminary findings of the TNECD Property Evaluation Program were announced at the Newport Community Center.
Read MoreGovernor Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe Announce 66 Community Development Block Grants
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe recently approved nearly $25.5 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
Read MoreDrone Technology
A team of University of Tennessee students and an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher have created a robot with a brain.
Read MoreHaslam Announces Tennessee Ends 2017 with 28,000+ New Jobs
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced Tennessee ended 2017 with more than 28,000 new jobs across the state in the last year
Read MoreKnoxville Airport’s passenger count breaks a record
Nearly 2 million passengers came through Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport last year
Read MoreTN official: Megasite needs $80M to be ‘shovel ready’
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe said the Memphis Regional Megasite will need another $80 million to be “shovel ready†or brought up the point where construction could begin.
Read MoreFIGHTING OPIOIDS CRISIS. Gov. Haslam unveils $30M plan
Educating children, making overdose-reversing drugs available to all state troopers and adding hundreds of prison beds to treat those fighting opioid addiction are part of Gov. Bill Haslam and legislative leaders’ comprehensive $30 million proposal to c
Read MoreCongress to push broadband expansion
Congress is preparing to follow suit with an aggressive push to make high-speed internet service more readily available in rural America.
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