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CHATTANOOGA REVENUE OFFICE WILL HOST SEMINAR NOV. 5
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop on Nov. 5, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the department’s Chattanooga regional office, located at 540 McCallie Avenue. The workshop will be held in conference room 607.
This free […]

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO HOLD
BIMONTHLY NEW BUSINESS TAX WORKSHOP
MEMPHIS REVENUE OFFICE WILL HOST SEMINAR NOV. 13
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop on Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Renaissance Business Center, located at 555 Beale Street. The workshop will be […]

JOHNSON CITY REVENUE OFFICE WILL HOST SEMINAR NOV. 13
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop on Nov. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the department’s Johnson City regional office, located at 204 High Point Drive.
This free workshop is designed to assist those […]

- Governor celebrates Tennessee’s oldest farms -

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Governor Phil Bredesen, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation today honored Tennessee’s oldest farms at a luncheon during the Tennessee Farmland Legacy Conference. Pioneer farms are farms founded in or before 1796 that have remained in the […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Internal Affairs agents with the Department of Correction have arrested a Chattannoga woman suspected of smuggling loaded guns into a Tennessee Prison. Tiara Monique Ward, 27, is charged with Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Facility. She is being held at the Morgan County Jail.
Investigators discovered two weapons inside a package delivered […]

HENNING, Tenn. -A veteran Tennessee corrections professional has been named Warden of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee. Commissioner George Little appointed Henry Steward as warden of the maximum-security facility effective October 1, 2008.
Warden Steward is a 22-year veteran of the TDOC. He began his career as a correctional officer at the former […]

E85 & B20 Stations Now Operating Along Interstate 65 in Four States
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely joined officials from Alabama, Kentucky and Indiana and the U.S. Department of Energy today to announce Interstate 65 as “America’s First Biofuels Corridor.”  From the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, Americans now […]

Crash in Loudon County Leads to Arrest
Nashville, Tennessee — A Tennessee State Trooper, investigating a minor crash Tuesday morning, apprehended a fugitive wanted in Florida.  Lola M. Pennington was taken into custody on October 7, 2008, after being treated for injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Loudon County.
Trooper Carey Hixon responded to […]

forum to highlight benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities
NASHVILLE – In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, The Northeast Tennessee Diversity in Employment Consortium will present a Regional Workforce Employer Outreach Committee Meeting (WEOC) on Thursday, October 23rd.  The meeting will be held at Eastman Chemical Company’s Toy F. Reid Employee Center, 400 South Wilcox […]

Nashville, October 07, 2008
The Tennessee Department of Health reminds individuals that birth certificates for those born in the state of Tennessee in 1949 or later are now available at most  Tennessee county health departments. Today 83 of Tennessee’s 95 county health departments offer this important service to citizens. TDOH provides this service through the Office […]

-Pine Orchards Scheduled for Removal-

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee departments of Agriculture and Environment and Conservation are taking steps in a long-term effort to help restore remaining portions of Pinson Mounds, a Native American archeological site.
As part of an agreement between the agencies, the Agriculture Department’s Division of Forestry will begin removing aging pine trees […]

TBDN TENNESSEE COMPANY Awarded $25,000
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley have awarded $25,000 to TBDN Tennessee Company in Jackson, Tenn. Incumbent Worker Training grants assist existing employers with training needs associated with skills upgrades for their employees. Over the past three years, Incumbent Worker […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.– Hundreds of visitors will head for Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville Oct. 18-19 for the 16th Annual Music & Molasses Arts & Crafts Festival.
“This is a huge weekend of family fun,” said Anne Dale, director of the Tennessee Agricultural Museum. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to […]

TDOT Maintenance Personnel Tops in Skills and Safety Events
Knoxville, TN – Some of the most skilled workers in the southeast are maintaining Tennessee roadways.  TDOT’s field maintenance personnel took home top prize in the 2008 Southeast Regional Equipment Operators “Roadeo” Thursday, October 2.  Tennessee’s maintenance personnel from across the state bested competitors from Arkansas, […]

EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SCHEDULED ACROSS STATE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Governor Phil Bredesen is designating October as Disability Employment
Awareness Month to generate awareness about the talents and abilities of Tennessee’s citizens with
disabilities.
‘America’s People, America’s Talent…America’s Strength!’ is the 2008 National Disability Employment
Awareness Month theme.  Disability Employment Awareness Month will call attention to […]

Today, Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, joined elected officials and public health advocates in marking the first anniversary of enforcement of the Non-Smokers Protection Act, which began October 1, 2007. The Act, which was a centerpiece of Governor Phil Bredesen’s 2007 legislative agenda, prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places within […]

Rutherford County Nursing Home Cited For Violations
Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, has suspended new admissions of residents to the Boulevard Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center effective September 29, 2008, and imposed a one-time state civil monetary penalty of $1,500. The state also has recommended that the federal civil penalty be imposed […]

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Cocke County on October 10.
“Our household hazardous waste mobile collection service provides the people of Tennessee with a safe, environmentally friendly way to dispose of unwanted household chemicals and other potentially hazardous wastes at no cost,” […]

-Diversification projects give economic options for farmers-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For more than 200 farmers across Tennessee, the hope to expand or improve their farming operations just became a reality. Governor Phil Bredesen and Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens today announced Producer Diversification cost share awards totaling nearly $1.2 million to help 204 Tennessee farmers invest […]

TDOT to Provide $3.6 Million for Expanded Transit Services
Nashville, TN – As part of the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s effort to increase mobility throughout the state, TDOT is announcing an initiative for the development of an Intercity Bus Demonstration Program for the State of Tennessee.  Qualified private or public agencies will be able to […]