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Park-planning HART grant awarded to Altamont

In September the Tennessee Department of Health announced the first recipients of Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Grants, awarding 53 projects across Tennessee that are devoted to initiatives of the Healthy Active Rural Tennessee (HART) priority: improving nutrition, physical fitness, and community social supports and programs. Funding for the RHTP grants comes from over $206 million awarded to Tennessee from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last year through the federal RHTP grant program. Local recipients of the initial HART grant funding include the Appalachian Conservation Institute in Marion County for “Trail Navigation and Interpretation Improvements”, the City of Manchester in Coffee County for a “Systemwide Parks and Recreation Masterplan,” and in Grundy County the City of Altamont, the Town of Tracy City, and the South Cumberland Community Fund have all been awarded funding for park-planning, trailimproving, and healthy lifestyle projects.

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Health department urges flu shots

The Grundy County Health Department of the Tennessee Department of Health will be providing free flu shots, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Tues., Oct. 20, 2026, at the Grundy County Health Department, 278 N. Industrial Park Road in Coalmont, participating in the statewide 2026 Fight Flu prevention effort.

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McDonough talks about ‘The Odyssey’

Friends of the Library of The University of the South invites you to attend a talk on Thursday, October 15 at 4:30 p.m. in Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Hall. Professor Chris McDonough will talk about The Odyssey as it is represented in film. This talk is cosponsored by the Friends of the Library, the Classics Department, Eta Sigma Phi, and Library and Information Technology Services.

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