UCHRA Receives Grant To Install Vehicle Wash Bay
The Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency (UCHRA) has received a grant to install a new vehicle wash bay at its maintenance facility to reduce the costs of third-party wash facility use. The agency received the estimated $100,000 grant from that state’s IMPROVE Transit Investment Grant. The grant contributes to reducing congestion, increasing ridership, promoting economic […]
Blood Supply Shortages Across UC During New Year’s
As we head into the new year, blood banks are saying they are experiencing a shortage in blood supply, a struggle that is typical this time of year. Blood Assurance Media Relations Coordinator Brooke Katz said during the holiday season, people are usually out of town and are not thinking about donating blood. Katz said […]
DeKalb Property Assessor Asking For Reappraisal Changes
DeKalb County Property Assessor Shannon Cantrell has requested that the county commission adopt a resolution to change the reappraisal cycle from every five years to every four years. Cantrell said he requested the change after legislation changed a law that allows for a four-year cycle and would not require a sales ratio to be included. […]
Christmas Is Over, Don’t Forget To Properly Dispose Tree
Many families use real Christmas trees as a decoration each year, a local solid waste director says don’t let tree disposal become an afterthought this holiday season. Putnam County Solid Waste Director Doug Ashburn said live Christmas trees should be disposed of at a landfill or local chip-yard. Ashburn said properly disposing of Christmas trees […]
Dale Hollow Seeing Many Boaters Despite Winter Temperatures
Despite frigid temperatures, Dale Hollow Lake has not seen a drop in boaters enjoying the water during the winter season. Some people may think it is typically too cold in the Upper Cumberland during the winter to go boating. Park Ranger Desmaray Brown said boat ramps have been quite busy this winter. “On any given […]
Cumberland’s Beal Becoming Mentor for Lady Jets Basketball
Cumberland County Lady Jet Dominica Beal said she enters this season seeing the game and her place in it from an entirely new perspective. Now a senior, Beal stands as the only upperclassman on the Lady Jets roster. One of six shooting guards for Cumberland County, Beal comes off a season in which she posted […]
York’s Beaty Finds Footing On Mat As Junior Year Begins
For York Dragons wrestler Tucker Beaty, the journey to the mat did not start with a lifelong plan, but rather with patience. Beaty said he was pulled into wrestling after waiting around for a practice to finish one day, an unexpected moment that sparked what has become a defining part of his high school experience. […]
