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Women’s Health Report Card

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 2:10 pm

The state of women’s health in Tennessee continues to improve in many areas, according to a Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card, released recently. The take home message: Women’s health is moving in the right direction, but there’s much more work to be done. The report card, last issued in 2011, provides a comprehensive picture of the status of the state’s more than 3 million women. The report card gives grades

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  • Help SVEC Battle Copper Crime

    Posted on April 16, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    Metal theft—the crime that endangers lives and can result in thousands of dollars in damages ultimately paid for by you—continues to plague electric utilities all over America. Copper wire is appealing to thieves who look to sell it for scrap. Burglars often climb power poles, scale fences, and break into buildings to steal the precious metal—almost always endangering themselves and others in the process. Between 2001 and 2008, the price

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  • From The Grundy Election Office

    Posted on April 9, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    The Election Commission is required by state and federal law to have a Voter Address Confirmation system in place. All states have been under this directive for the past thirteen years. This is known as the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and its purpose is to help counties maintain active voter registration information and keep office records current. Nearly 2,000 Grundy County Voters were sent Address Verification notices from the

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  • World War II Honor Flights

    Posted on April 2, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    October 8, 2008 saw the first Southern Middle Tennessee Honor Flight for World War II Veterans leave for a full day’s tour of Washington, DC. World War II Veterans visited “their” World War II Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The day began at the Winchester Wal-Mart parking lot at 7:00 a.m. and ended in the same location at 2:30 a.m. the next

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  • Coffee County Murder Has Local Connection

    Posted on March 26, 2013 at 1:48 pm

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    Police have made an arrest in the death of a Coffee County man and the brutal beating of the victim’s fiance. U.S. Marshals arrested Troy Lynn King, 41, near San Diego, California for the murder of Thomas Colucci.  Coffee County Sheriff’s deputies were sent a picture of a bearded man in a white t-shirt to identify King moments after he was arrested. Colucci was found dead inside a Coffee County

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  • Taste Of The Mountain

    Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    Most people associate the Cumberland Plateau with hiking, waterfalls, antiques and The University of the South. But March 28-30 will add another facet to the mountain’s ever changing dynamics. We will host the Taste of the Mountain…on the Move. Beyond its name, this food festival has been reincarnated from a previous event, which housed many vendors under one roof. This year’s event showcases restaurants across the Cumberland Plateau in each participating

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  • South Cumberland Rangers Receive Mountain Bikes

    Posted on February 26, 2013 at 1:18 pm

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    In December, South Cumberland State Park manager John Christof came to the Friends of South Cumberland Board with a unique request. The rangers want bikes! Across the country, park rangers are finding that bikes are ideal for use in the backcountry. The rangers believed that for some of their duties they could exchange their pickup trucks and 4-wheelers for mountain bikes, which are more environmentally friendly. The Friends of South Cumberland

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