Memorial Service for Unclaimed / Homeless Veterans
A large crowd of veterans, families of veterans, and supportive citizens were present to honor seven veterans at the Memorial Service for Unclaimed/Homeless Veterans on March 22 at the East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, 2200 E. Governor John Sevier Hwy., Knoxville. Seven burial urns and seven tri-cornered folded flags of the United States graced a long […]
Allied Behavorial Health Services, Allison Peak Speaks Out Against News Media At Recent School Board Meeting
Allison Peak, Director of Allied Behavioral Health, recently sent a letter to members of the Jefferson County School Board and spoke publicly in the most recent meeting of the School Board regarding interviews by both the Jefferson County Post and the printed paper in Jefferson County. Peak contended that she was misrepresented by the printed […]
School Board Votes To Keep Current Contract With Allied Behavorial Health
The Jefferson County School Board met last week for their regular monthly Work Session and Business Meeting. All School Board Members were in attendance for the lengthy session. Driving the more than four hour meeting was the contract for Allied Behavioral Health which has been a topic of concern for several previous meetings. More than […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – Special Called Meeting of Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners, April 13, 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE – SPECIAL CALLED MEETING Board of School Commissioners Thursday, April 13, 2023 Historic Courthouse 5:30PM Purpose of the meeting – FY 2023/2023 Budget Dr. Tommy Arnold, Director Jefferson County Schools
Martha Dandridge Garden Club To Tour Baxter Gardens, April 27, 2023 – Guests are welcome
The Martha Dandridge Garden Club will tour Baxter Gardens in Fountain City, North Knoxville on April 27, weather permitting. Baxter Gardens is a private residence which opens its beautiful gardens to the public during the month of April as part of the Dogwood Arts Festival. The group will carpool from Food City, 123 West Highway […]
State Rep. Andrew Farmer appointed to Southern Legislative Conference’s Human Services & Public Safety Committee
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, has appointed State Rep. Andrew Farmer, R-Sevierville, to serve on the Southern Legislative Conference’s (SLC) Human Services and Public Safety Committee. As part of its mission, the committee considers the challenges that states are facing in the areas of human services and corrections, as well as policies and programs that […]
State Rep. Jeremy Faison’s Capitol Report
We are nearing the end of March which means we are nearing the end of session! Committees are closing, but the work for Tennessee continues. I was joined this week by 4-H students, EMS workers, Jefferson County Leadership, and my mayor from Jefferson County, Mark Potts. Pro-life bill strengthens protections for mothers in emergencies The […]
Tennova Healthcare – Jefferson Memorial Hospital Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive Collects Peanut Butter for the Appalachian Ministries of the Smokies
To help address hunger in our community, and in celebration of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on April 2, Tennova Healthcare – Jefferson Memorial Hospital donated more than 60 jars of peanut butter (and other nut butters) to the Appalachian Ministries of the Smokies. All of the peanut butter was donated by Tennova Healthcare […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – USDA Announces New Programs to fill gaps in 2020/2021 Natural Disaster Assistance
(Dandridge, Tennessee), March 29, 2023 – USDA announced two new programs that wrap-up and fill remaining gaps in previous natural disaster and pandemic assistance. To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops […]
VITAL POLICY – Jefferson County Republican Party Calls for the Removal of Allied Behavioral Health Solutions and LGBTQ+ Ideology from Jefferson County Schools
A formal resolution has been made by the Jefferson County Republican Party Executive Committee asking the Jefferson County School District to end its business relationship with Allied Behavioral Health Solutions (ABHS) and to remove all their personnel from all schools in the district. The resolution, made on March 24, 2023, also urges the school system […]
ReVIDA Recovery Centers Morristown to host Community Resource Fair
ReVIDA Recovery Centers CEO Lee Dilworth announced the company is partnering with 13 organizations to host a Community Resource Fair. Staff will be assisting individuals with job searches, housing, education services and information about free phone programs. The fair will be located at the Morristown ReVIDA Recovery Center from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Thursday, March […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – Jefferson County Animal Control Oversight Board Meeting, April 6, 2023
MEETING NOTICE JEFFERSON COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OVERSIGHT BOARD April 6, 2023 A meeting of the Jefferson County Animal Control Oversight Board will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the Jefferson County Courthouse, Court Room in Dandridge. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Minutes Appearance of Citizens (Citizens who […]
Dining in Early America
The preparation and consumption of meals in early America was quite different from what it is today. For one thing, all dishes were “made from scratch,” and cooking at the hearth was energy and time-consuming. Some of the foods, cookware, and serving ware would strike a 21st Century family as quite unusual. Diana West, DAR […]
Food City Cuts Ribbon On Store and Pharmacy Expansion To 54,800 sq. ft.
Food City Dandridge celebrated it’s new store expansion completion on March 21, 2023 with a ribbon cutting by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, City and Company Officials. Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer welcomed the crowd to K-VA-T Food Stores new expanded location which employes approximately 190 individuals in the […]
VITAL POLICY – OPINION – Nullification Bill Rejected by Senate State and Local Government Committee, Federal Power Remains Unrestrained
The federal government was created by a group of states that decided that a national government was needed for certain vital functions such as national defense and creating uniform currency; but those states wanted strict limits on federal power. This is why such a bitter argument raged in the summer of 1787 concerning the federal […]