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NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) announces a targeting initiative to reduce sharps injuries in the healthcare industry. Nationwide the CDC estimates that each year 385,000 needle sticks and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by hospital-based healthcare personnel, an average of 1,000 sharps injuries per day. In 2005, Tennessee healthcare workers […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – Congress was given the power to “fix weights and measures standards” in Articles of Confederation and Article 8 of the U.S. Constitution.  President John Adams signed into law the first federal weights and measures act on March 2, 1799. 
In 1870, Tennessee’s first state weights and […]

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has facilitated a supplemental environmental project in lieu of a civil penalty for air quality permit violations by BAE Ordnance Systems […]

Nashville, Tenn. – The Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board reminds organizations and agencies across Tennessee that March 15, 2007, is the deadline for submission of pre-applications for the Trust Fund’s […]

Gallatin, Tenn. – Bledsoe Creek State Park has announced that construction will begin on a much-needed waterline replacement project in March.
These upgrades will require the closing of park campgrounds and public restrooms for the duration of the […]

Permits Required for Open Burning
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Moderate wildfire conditions this spring have prompted state forestry officials to remind the public to “think before you burn” by calling your local state Division of Forestry office. 
Mid-February marks the traditional start of spring forest fire season in Tennessee according to […]

Northeast State Community College is offering an opportunity for women, ages 14 and older, to learn about wild turkeys through a non-credit class being offered during the month of March, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
The class will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in room # 226 in the Library on […]

Workshops to Help Prospective Home Food Businesses
NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – With a growing interest in the sale of home-prepared jam, jellies and baked-goods, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) has implemented new rules to allow the commercial sale of certain foods safely prepared in domestic kitchens.
“The purpose of the domestic kitchen […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Today Charles William Jackson, owner of CJ’s Bar & Grill located at 4532 Knoxville Highway in Oliver Springs, Tenn., pled guilty to one count of sales tax fraud, a violation of Tenn. Code Ann. Section 67-1-1440(g). The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation leading to today’s guilty […]

They come from 50 states and several foreign countries, more than 37,000 sportsmen and women armed with dollars for gas, hotel rooms, food and everything wild turkey.
In only four days last February, attendees of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s annual Convention and Sport Show, held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, spent an […]

Nashville, Tennessee — A North Carolina man and a Mexican national are in custody on drug charges after a State Trooper stopped a motorist for speeding on I-40 near Cookeville.
Trooper Chris Adams observed a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup traveling at 85 mph in a 70 mph zone westbound on  I-40 near mile marker 285.   Upon […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., — The Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs and the Tennessee Highway Patrol would like to warn consumers about charitable phone solicitations that have recently occurred.
Consumers in the Chattanooga area have questioned calls that they have received soliciting money on behalf of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.  In one report, the caller claimed that they […]

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that JOSEPH Construction Co., Inc., in Knoxville was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety for 2005-2006.
“JOSEPH Construction has achieved a remarkable safety record in order to meet the evaluation standards this award requires,” said John […]

Decaturville, Tenn. – The Department of Environment and Conservation’s Division of Natural Areas will host a guided hike at Carroll Cabin Barrens State Natural Area on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Participants should meet at the natural area’s trailhead at 10:00 a.m.
The trail is a moderate 2.5 miles and will take participants along the hills and […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –  “Tennessee Beef Agribition is more than the state’s largest combined show and sale,” according to Margie Hunter, livestock marketing specialist with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.  “It’s also the best place all year for cattle producers to find out the latest in information and technology for their industry.
“This year, that includes the […]

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will hold its next meeting on February 21 at 1:30 p.m. and February 22 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Region II Ray Bell Office Building in Nashville.
One […]

Tennessee Business Matchmaking Comes to Jackson Feb. 20
JACKSON - West Tennessee’s small, minority and women-owned businesses and buyers from large corporations and all levels of the government will assemble in Jackson Feb. 20 to look for new business opportunities at the Tennessee Business Matchmaking event, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Jackson Civic […]

A sale of personal property seized by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers will be held beginning the month of February. TWRA wildlife officers seize various items involved in wildlife violations each year. After […]

Over 200 scientists and conservationists will converge on Chattanooga, Tennessee for the annual meeting of Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SE PARC). The meeting will take place at the Tennessee Aquarium February 22-25 and is completely sold out. This will be largest meeting in the history of SE PARC or any of its […]

Nashville, Tenn. — According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately 7,500 lives have been saved by the proper use of child restraints during the past 20 years. Still, motor vehicle crashes remain the number one killer of children ages 4 to 14 in America, largely because of improper […]