TDOT Appropriating $22 Million For Work At Baxter Interchange
TDOT has allocated some $22 million for work on Baxter’s 280 interchange. Mayor John Martin said that the need for this work was originally discovered five years ago in a corridor study. He said that the city’s development, particularly the Portobello project, showed the need to accelerate the process. “The commissioner said that something had […]
COVID Positivity Rates Top 50 Percent In UC; State Cases Dropping
COVID positivity rates across the Upper Cumberland reached 50.8 percent for the final week of January. The CDC early in the COVID pandemic set 10 percent as a goal for the positivity rate. According to state data for the last week of January, Pickett County had a positivity rate over 75 percent. Statewide, COVID cases […]
New Putnam K-8 School To Be Named Park View
The new Putnam County K-8 school formerly known as the Southwest School received its official new name: Park View. The Putnam County School Board approved the decision unanimously at its Thursday night meeting. Naming Committee Member Adam Pharris said that the committee received over 2,900 submissions from the community survey and 308 submissions from the […]
