Tennessee announces What’s New in Tourism for 2022
December 19, 2021
Nashville, TN – Discover new attractions, restaurants, distilleries, hotels, exhibits, milestone anniversaries, renovations, and unique experiences across Tennessee.
Whether it’s music, food, scenic beauty, family memories, road trips or hidden gems, find your travel inspiration.
Blue Bank Resort
GPS Hospitality Seeks to Hire 45 Drivers at 17 Area Pizza Hut Locations
April 7, 2020
Atlanta, GA – GPS Hospitality, an Atlanta-based franchisee, seeks 45 Pizza Hut drivers in the Nashville/Clarksville area for immediate hire. Interviews will be conducted via video chat.
Pizza Hut is also expediting its hiring and onboarding process to get delivery drivers on the road more rapidly, and ultimately to get customers their pizza quicker.
Area Pizza Huts are hiring Drivers.
COVID-19 Unified Command reports Actions Taken in Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation Coronavirus Outbreak
March 29, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s COVID-19 Unified Command announced the following actions taken for a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak at the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing. Unified Command is a joint operation between the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Department of Military and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).
Coronavirus
Tennessee Announces What’s New For 2019
January 1, 2019
Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
Nashville, TN – Tourism in Tennessee continues to expand with new attractions, impressive state-of-the-art developments, expansions and milestone anniversary celebrations of iconic attractions that help shape “The Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee.”
Elvis Presley statue near Historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Tourist Development)
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Signs TN Together Legislation
June 29, 2018
Laws Fight the Opioid Epidemic through Prevention, Treatment and Law Enforcement
Maryville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam today signed legislation to support TN Together, the governor’s aggressive and comprehensive plan to end the opioid crisis in Tennessee through three key areas – prevention, treatment and law enforcement.
“This legislation is a major step in helping fight this epidemic by limiting the supply of opioids and providing resources to provide treatment for those addicted,” Haslam said in a ceremonial bill signing at the Blount Memorial Hospital.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
Tennessee Board of Regents approves warranty with tuition-free retraining for graduates of its technical training programs
December 16, 2017
Gallatin, TN – The Tennessee Board of Regents reaffirmed its confidence in the quality of its colleges Thursday, approving a warranty guaranteeing that future graduates of technical training programs demonstrate skills identified in their curriculums and providing tuition-free retraining for those who don’t.
The new warranty provides one-time retraining free of charge to graduates of technical programs who are unable to perform one or more of the skills and competencies identified for their programs.
Tennessee Board of Regents approves warranty with tuition-free retraining for graduates of its technical training programs
Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office says think Safety First when Visiting Haunted Houses this Halloween Season
October 14, 2017
Nashville, TN – Consumers might know them as haunted houses or haunted mansions. But in Tennessee, they’re called Special Amusement Buildings – and they have their own set of regulations.
As the Halloween season ramps up, the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) reminds consumers that safety features at Special Amusement Buildings are in place to help protect visitors and eliminate real-life scares.
TWRA announces World Record pending for Non-Typical Deer Harvested in Sumner County
January 12, 2017
Nashville, TN – A buck harvested in Sumner County during the recent muzzleloader season, has completed a step toward becoming a world record for a non-typical deer rack.
Boone and Crockett officials spent several hours on Monday (January 9th) scoring the 47-point buck tabbed the “Tennessee Tucker Buck” as the Nashville headquarters of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The buck was harvested by 26-year old Gallatin resident Stephen Tucker.
Stephen Tucker with the rack of 47-point buck harvested in Sumner County.
Tennessee Department of Education Announces ACT Senior Retake Opportunity
August 5, 2016
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education announced today the launch of the statewide ACT Senior Retake Opportunity that provides every eligible high school senior, meaning any public school student who took the ACT as a junior, the ability to retake the ACT free of charge on Saturday, October 22nd, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Tennessee’s historical ACT data indicate that students who retake the ACT typically increase their composite score by one to three points.
Eligible high school seniors have the opportunity to retake ACT.
Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs honors World War II Sailor after 70 years of waiting
April 20, 2014
First Class Petty Officer James L. Horton receives recognition in Gallatin
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder presented several medals linked to First Class Petty Officer James L. Horton’s World War II service during a ceremony today.
The event was hosted by Morningside of Gallatin to honor Horton who waited 70 years to receive the medals and recognition for his service onboard the USS Denver in 1943 and 1944.
First Class Petty Officer James L. Horton
