2015 Boating Season Kicks Off with Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day holiday weekend is regarded as the unofficial start to the summer boating season and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to emphasize the use of life jackets while boating in a safe and responsible manner. Annually, the Memorial Day weekend is one of the year’s busiest boating weekends. Last year over the holiday […]
Some County Departments Feel The Cut
County Departments felt the brunt of the a $1.7 million dollar deficit that loomed over Jefferson County, during the Jefferson County Budget Committee meeting on Tuesday evening, May 19, 2015. Following last week’s County Commission meeting where the proposed mineral tax, that the Budget Committee had assigned to cover $750,000 of the fiscal year 2015-2016’s […]
FOP #61 Holds Annual Memorial Ride
The local Fraternal Order of Police #61 held their annual memorial ride on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Leaving out from the Jefferson County Co op, dozens of officers filed single file, lights on, to their destination at Douglas Dam where they held a memorial service honoring those that have fallen this year in the line […]
Open Records Plaintiff Arrested As Case Moves Forward – Attorney Believes No Coincidence
Jefferson County resident Clarice Albright Gunn, of Strawberry Plains, has been charged with one count of Election Law Violation of Campaign Communications, according to information provided by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Media Contact Susan Niland. Originally, the TBI had issued a press release that was reported by several media sources stating that Clarice Albright […]
Honors Night For Jefferson County High School Class Of 2015
Jefferson County High School Class of 2015 were recently honored with an awards evening at Carson Newman University. Over 300 students were recognized for their accomplishments and scholarships, as the best of the best of 2015. Listed in order presented and pictured- Community Service Award-Bree Eccles, Logan Miller and Ashley Taylor Community Patriot Award-EM and […]
Tennessee Promise Broken For Some JCHS Students
The Class of 2015 is slatted to be the first class to benefit from Governor Haslam’s Tennessee Promise program that provides last dollar funding, for a two year stint at community college or technical college, to high school graduates across the State of Tennessee. A part of the Governor’s push to up the base level […]
Citizens Demand Answers For Sky High Variance
The Jefferson County Board of Zoning Appeals meetings are rarely the site of debate that is common in many other County meetings. However, that was not the case on Tuesday evening, April 28, 2015, as residents of the Oak Grove Community near the 424 exit filled the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse in response to a […]
Time To Rock The Valley, May 9th
The Dumplin Valley Farm Concert Series kicks off the 2015 Season on Saturday May 9th featuring the popular and award winning band Lost Creek. Together for 35 years, this band continues to entertain and record, currently making their 7th CD. Lost Creek will surely entertain people of all ages with a variety of bluegrass, Americana […]
New Market Songwriter’s ‘Coal Train’ Attracts National Attention
When Scott Arnold of New Market, Tennessee, saw 12-year-old Kaitlyn Baker perform at a festival in Virginia eight years ago, he never imagined that one day he would write a song with her that would be recognized by the Academy of Country Music (ACM). However, that is precisely what has happened with “Coal Train,” a […]
Budget Committee Holds Tight For No Property Tax Increase
The numbers were challenging for the Jefferson County Budget Committee as they met on Tuesday evening, April 21, 2015, to address County Departmental Budgets for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Department Heads were on hand to answer Commission questions but few were called to the podium, as only four individual department budgets were addressed in the […]
Budget Committee One Step Closer To Goal Of No Property Tax Increase
The Jefferson County Budget Committee made their first round of deep cuts on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, as they met to review requests from non profit organizations. Jefferson County’s Volunteer Fire Departments were the first group to find approval with the Committee, with a Motion from Kesterson and 2nd from David Seal to extend level […]
Travelers Urged to Protect Themselves from Mosquitoes
The Tennessee Department of Health is reminding vacation and business travelers about the importance of protecting themselves from mosquitoes that may transmit chikungunya virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue. The first confirmed case of chikungunya virus disease in Tennessee occurred in 2014; since then 42 additional cases have been documented, all involving travel outside […]
Tennessee State Trooper Arrests Hip-Hop Artist “Nelly” in Putnam County
A Tennessee state trooper arrested internationally known hip-hop artist “Nelly” on felony drug charges in Putnam County on Saturday morning. Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. At approximately 9:20 a.m. on Saturday, Trooper Michael Loftis stopped a Prevost […]
Budget Committee Working Toward Zero Property Tax Increase If Wheel Tax Increase Stands
Budget season began in Jefferson County on Tuesday evening, March 31, 2015 when the Budget Committee convened at the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse for their first meeting. In light of the serious deficit that the committee is working with of $3.8 million dollars and the recent decision by the County Commission to increase the Wheel […]
Wheel It Pass?
On January 19, 2015, the Jefferson County Commission approved, with more than the required 2/3 vote, Resolution 2015-05, which will levy a wheel tax increase of $25 for automobiles(motor driven vehicles) and $15 on motorcycles, motor driven bicycles and scooters for a total of $50 for for automobiles and $30 for motorcycles. On March 12, […]
