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Bond company approved for first jail building, West High School improvements project
- The Hamblen County Commission, in October approved spending up to $85 million to fund improvements at Morristown West High School and to pay ...more
Newport plant announces closure
- (WNPC) Conagra officials Wednesday issued a statement announcing the closure of the it's Newport plant in January, 2021. Terah Fox, Communications Manager for the firm ...more
West View Middle School 8th grader Tennessee Darby wins Hamblen County spelling bee competition
- Tennessee Darby, eighth grader at West View Middle School, is this year’s Hamblen County Spelling Bee champion. He is the son of Dale Darby and ...more
TBI: Meth passes marijuana as most-used drug in arrests
- For the first time since the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime laboratories began keeping detailed statistics, methamphetamine eclipsed marijuana as the most-submitted drug in the ...more
Lawmaker introduces bill to prevent ''lunch-shaming" students
- A Nashville lawmaker has introduced a bill that says it would prevent schools from 'lunch-shaming' students unable to afford school meals. Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) ...more

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