INVITATION TO BID – Gymnasium Floor Replacement for Maury Middle School
Bids are invited for General Contract for the work of the following project. Gymnasium Floor Replacement For: Maury Middle School Jefferson County, Tennessee Bid Documents will be available to Bidders from the Designer after 9:00 AM, Eastern Time, Thursday, February 20, 2020. Requests may be sent by email to the attention of: Douglas Shover (dshover@lewisgroup.net)The […]
Alontae Taylor Voted Vice Chair of SEC Football Leadership Council
A rising junior on the Tennessee football team, was recently selected as Vice Chair of the Southeastern Conference Football Leadership Council. Taylor was selected by a vote of his peers at a meeting of the council held recently at the SEC offices in Birmingham. The Manchester, Tennessee, native will attend a portion of the SEC […]
Legislation Declaring Tennessee The “Volunteer State” Moves Forward
Legislation officially designating the state of Tennessee as the “Volunteer State” is moving forward in the Tennessee General Assembly. House Bill 1562 designates the “Volunteer State” as the official nickname of Tennessee. While Tennessee has held this distinction since 1812, it is not currently documented in state law. The state of Tennessee has been referred […]
Dandridge Senior Center To Host Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner, Friday, March 13, 2020
The Dandridge Senior Center will host a Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner, Friday, March 13, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (or until sold out). The cost is $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children 12 years old and younger, and may be purchased from members of the Center. Or they may be purchased at the […]
DINING WITH DEMOCRATS, March 6, 2020
The Jefferson County Democratic Party invites all county Democrats to join us for our March First Friday Dining With Democrats Dutch-treat lunch. The lunch will be Friday, March 6, at 11:30 a.m. at Perkins Family Restaurant. Reservations are not necessary; but, are helpful and can be made by e-mailing Edna Langley at gelangley@charter.net or by phoning 865-475-1197. Hope you […]
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Food Distribution To Our Nations Heroes, February 27, 2020
CVMA 18-12 is on a mission to distribute food to our Nations Heroes. This month’s event will be February 27th ,2020 11AM-1PM at Rural King parking lot 305 W Economy Rd, Morristown, TN 37814. Veterans and active duty personnel are encouraged to stop by during this event to receive a boxed food distribution as a […]
Representative Faison Files Proposed Legislation to Protect Farm Tourism Businesses from Liability
State Representative Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) has filed proposed legislation to protect agritourism businesses from claims of property damage by participants. The proposed legislation amends a Title 43 law that was enacted as part of a sweeping tort reform movement in 2009. House Bill 2371 strengthens protections that were previously enacted to create immunity from liability […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – SPECIAL CALLED – Jefferson County Board of Commissioners February Session, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE – SPECIAL CALLED – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all County Commissioners and residents of Jefferson County, TN, and to all other persons who might be interested, that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners will meet in Special Called Session Tuesday, February 18, at the Historical Jefferson County Courthouse 202 W. Main Street, […]
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic, May 8, 2020
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic at Dandridge Golf Club
Annual Bark In Centennial Park, May 2, 2020
Save the Date for the Annual Bark in Centennial Park Humane Society of Jefferson County Sponsored by State Farm Agent Angie Cox
Researchers revise timing of Easter island’s societal collapse
The prehistoric collapse of Easter Island’s monument-building society did not occur as long thought, according to a fresh look at evidence by researchers at four institutions. “The general thinking has been that the society that Europeans saw when they first showed up was one that had collapsed,” said Robert J. DiNapoli, a doctoral candidate in […]
Comptroller’s Office Studies Student Growth Portfolios for Teacher Evaluation
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has released a new report that evaluates the use of portfolios in Tennessee’s teacher evaluation system. Portfolios contain collections of student work, selected by teachers, from two points in time during the school year to show students’ progress in mastering specified state academic standards. The portfolios are scored by fellow teachers, […]
UT PLACES ALL-TIME BEST 69 ON FALL SEC HONOR ROLL
The University of Tennessee placed an athletics department-record 69 student-athletes on the 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll, which was announced Friday by league commissioner Greg Sankey. The Vol football program led the way with 37 making the list. The soccer team followed with 10 members earning academic honors, while the volleyball team had nine, men’s […]
Tennessee Needs at Least $54.8 Billion of Public Infrastructure Improvements
Tennessee needs at least $54.8 billion worth of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of July 2018 to June 2023—a $4.8 billion (9.7%) increase from the year before—according to a new report by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). More than $3.7 billion of this year’s increase is attributable to increases in […]