Fentress Fire Department Holding 9/11 Memorial Walk
The Fentress County Fire Department remembers the lives of those lost during the 9/11 attacks at a memorial walk. Fire Lt. Tyler Arms said Saturday’s walk is a 3.43 miles to honor the 343 firefighters who died in the attacks. Arms said the idea came up a few years ago when some firefighters attended a […]
Fentress Finds Firetruck After Long Delay
After nearly two years Fentress County is set to pick up its new CDBG funded firetruck. County Executive Jimmy Johnson said there was a four-day period recently where they thought the truck had been lost. However, Johnson said the truck was located and in the United States. “It’s been sitting at the Canadian border trying […]
Fentress Wildfire 87 Percent Contained
The Gouldstown Road wildfire in Fentress County is now 87 percent contained. Tennessee Department of Agriculture Forestry Division Public Information Officer Tim Phelps said the 1,000 acre fire burnt slow and crews were able to reinforce control lines. Phelps said fire crews are almost to the finish line. “It’s far enough away from town, there’s […]
1,000 Acre Fentress Wildfire Now 85 Percent Contained
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture and other Upper Cumberland fire crews are fighting a 1,000 acre wildfire in central Fentress County. Tim Phelps is the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division Public Information Officer. Phelps said the fire was 85 percent contained and in a remote area southwest of Jamestown. “Through the afternoon crews have […]
