Business & Finance stories related to Southern Middle Tennessee
Sonic of McMinnville was closed again on Tuesday after they were notified an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Management made the decision to immediately close.They were not required to close, but they did because of the safety of employees and customers. Sonic has brought in a crew to deep clean the store inside …
NHC Nursing Home of McMinnville has reported their first death from the coronavirus.According to the NHC website, they reported a total of 27 cases, 18 patients have tested positive for the virus with 16 of those in-house. One person was transported to a hospital. Nine employees have also tested positive.
Tennesseans are filing for unemployment in record numbers, yet a new report from the Sycamore Institute says the state’s unemployment benefits and related employer taxes are among the lowest in the nation. As the coronavirus pandemic continues with a potential second wave expected, more families are relying on unemployment insurance to stay financially afloat. Sycamore …
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Jonathan Carroll, capability manager for Hypervelocity Flyout, Impact and Lethality Ground Test and Evaluation at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, has been named an Air Force nominee for the 2019 Air Force Government Civilian Tester of the Year award from the National Defense Industrial Association. “The recognition provided by NDIA and the Air Force is a …
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Eight Tennessee communities are receiving a total of $2.3 million in grants under a program that helps develop industrial sites for business investment, state officials said. The new Site Development Grants were announced in a news release from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The grants help communities invest in infrastructure and engineering …
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Numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development show decreases in unemployment for each of Tennessee’s 95 counties. Coffee County went down by over 5 percent. Going from 19.8 in April to 14.2 percent in May. Warren County fell to 17.6 percent after 25.1 percent in April and Grundy County went from 24.7 …
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) is donating $30,000, which will be matched by Tennessee Valley Authority through its COVID-19 Community Care Fund, making a total of $60,000 available to help members who qualify for the cooperative’s Project HELP program amid financial hardships resulting from the COVID-19 crisis and recovery. Project HELP is an emergency …
Elk River Public Utility District Board of Commissioners met recently to discuss District Revenue for FY 2020. It is projected to exceed budget estimates due to Increased Natural Gas Sales and an Increase in Residential and Commercial Activity throughout the District’s service area. As a result, the Board voted to provide Rebates of approximately $750,000 …
Coffee County Register of Deeds Donna Toney announced on Monday that the doors to the deeds office remain closed due to not having the glass shields installed at this time. Monday morning a citizen came to the door coughing and another person with them got sick at their stomach at the office door area. Toney …
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