Tennessee County Unemployment Rates drop across State
August 30, 2020
Nashville, TN – The unemployment situation in three-quarters of Tennessee’s 95 counties continued to improve in July following business closures earlier in the year due to the COVID-19 health emergency.
Henry County unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in July. That’s down 0.8 percent from June’s 8.9 percent.
Tennessee Unemployment Drops in almost every County
October 27, 2019
Nashville, TN – Unemployment rates in nearly every Tennessee county, including distressed counties, declined during September, according to data released Thursday, October 24th, 2019 by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Unemployment in Tennessee Drops in Every County in August
September 30, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) reports unemployment rates for each of Tennessee’s 95 counties dropped during August 2019 according to data it released Thursday.
Tennessee County Unemployment Rates Increase in July
August 25, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) released data that shows July 2019 county unemployment increased in counties across the state.
Henry County unemployment in July was 4.8 percent up 0.3 percent from June’s 4.5 percent.
March 2019 County Unemployment Rates Continue to Stay Low
April 28, 2019
Nashville, TN – Eighty of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded an unemployment rate in March 2019 that is lower compared to the same time last year according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Also, in the year-to-year comparison, the rates in nine counties held steady, while six counties saw increases.
The Montgomery County unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in March, up 0.2 percent from February.
Nearly Every Tennessee County has the Same Rate or Lower Compared to Previous Year
Unemployment Rates Drop In Every County Across Tennessee
March 31, 2019
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD)
Nashville, TN – The unemployment rate for each of Tennessee’s counties improved in February according to new information released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Henry County unemployment rate dropped from 4.5 percent in January to 4.2 percent in February.
February 2019 County Unemployment Rates Improve in each of Tennessee’s 95 Counties.
Tennessee Department of Health says Naloxone offers Hope to Save Lives
September 1, 2015
Drug Overdoses Claim More Tennesseans in 2014
Nashville, TN – Even with the availability of naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, and fewer prescription drugs being diverted, the number of Tennesseans who die each year due to drug overdoses increased again in 2014.
The total of overdose deaths rose by nearly 100, from 1,166 in 2013 to a record-setting 1,263 in 2014. If those numbers are hard to comprehend, consider this: more people died from drug overdoses in Tennessee last year than were killed in motor vehicle accidents.
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Tennessee Department of Agriculture says Emerald Ash Borer findings continue to spread
August 3, 2013
Nashville, TN – Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect that destroys ash trees, has been found in Jackson and Scott counties. The identification was made recently and has been confirmed by USDA.
Both counties will now be placed under quarantine. Earlier this summer, Hamilton County was also placed under quarantine when EAB was found in trees near a rail hub in Chattanooga, TN.
Emerald Ash Borer.
Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports Trapping Underway for Tree Pest across Tennessee
June 1, 2013
Purple Beetle Traps Going Up in Ash Trees
Nashville, TN – Purple three-sided insect traps that resemble a box kite can be seen in ash trees across Tennessee in the next few months as part of a surveillance program by state and federal agencies.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA, APHIS) and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) are partnering to survey for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a non-native, wood-boring beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the eastern United States and Canada.
Emerald Ash Borer.
Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports Emerald Ash Borer found in Middle Tennessee for the First Time
September 20, 2012
TDA Foresters stress importance of Not Moving Firewood to help Slow Spread
Nashville, TN – Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect that destroys ash trees, has recently been found in Smith and Jefferson counties. Smith is the first county in Middle Tennessee where EAB has been found. Both cases have been confirmed by USDA.
While Jefferson County is adjacent to previously quarantined areas where EAB has been confirmed, the find in Smith County was of particular concern because of the distance the insect was found from the already quarantined areas in East Tennessee. The location in Smith County where four EAB were caught is at Cordell Hull Lake in the Elmwood/Granville area.
Emerald Ash Borer.
