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Sales tax holiday date now earlier
Tennessee’s sales tax holiday will now be one weekend earlier than it has been in the past, due to a 2016 law change. Starting this year, the sales tax holiday will be held during the last weekend in...
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Local student attends national leadership forum
Carly Sandefur from Tazewell attended Harding University’s 60th annual National Leadership Forum in Searcy, Arkansas, this summer. Sandefur was sponsored by Claiborne County Farm Bureau as a delegate...
View ArticleTHP named top state patrol in nation
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and the Tennessee Highway Patrol has announced some positive news about the THP. THP was named the “First Place Winner” in Highway Patrol/State...
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DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
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DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
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Brief meeting nets complete agenda
However brief the meeting, the Claiborne commission did complete its task last week of addressing all agenda items in regular session. Charles Curtiss, executive director of the County Commission...
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Leadership applications being taken
Applications are being taken for the newest Leadership Claiborne class. The Leadership Claiborne program began in 1998 to satisfy Three Star requirements and to promote the following: • To improve the...
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Farm Bureau awards scholarships
Claiborne County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce that Savannah Brooke Day of Claiborne High School and Johanna Zoie Bussell from Cumberland Gap High School have each received a $1,500 scholarship....
View ArticleGrand jury returns indictments
The Claiborne County Grand Jury returned several indictments during its July session including a couple for Christopher Scott Middleton, 30, indicted under one true bill with eight counts allegedly...
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Heath receives white coat at ceremony
Summer Rose Heath of New Tazewell received a white coat at the Physician Assistant Program Class of 2017 White Coat Ceremony at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine...
View ArticleDunaway: Case pending, moving forward
Lafollette attorney David Dunaway sat down last week with his client, former Forge Ridge school principal Marty Cosby, and the Claiborne Progress to discuss the pending lawsuits against the Board of...
View ArticleTHP to accept applications
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is announcing it will soon begin accepting applications for the next Trooper Cadet Academy. Men and women interested in a career as a state trooper can begin the...
View ArticleWSCC offering workshops
Learn computer literacy, job search skills and job readiness skills in free workshops offered in August at the Tennessee Career Center at Morristown, an American Jobs Center. A new workshop, WIOA...
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DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
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DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
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School starting back
As Tennessee schools are starting back to school, the Tennessee Highway Patrol wants to make drivers aware of the rules and penalties for improperly passing a school bus. Tennessee Law 55-8-151...
View ArticleWRSP holding Back to School Bash
Two towering water slides and a free hot dog lunch highlight this year’s annual Wilderness Road State Park Community Appreciation Day and Back to School Bash set for Aug. 6 from 2-7 p.m. The hot dog...
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Driver identified
The name of the driver involved in a high-speed police chase July 19 has been released by law enforcement. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, James Harris, 40, of Talbott, was the...
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Property tax hike likely
Claiborne government could be forced to raise property taxes to cover an apparent shortfall of revenues in the 2016-17 fiscal year budget. However the final pie is sliced, the county budget committee...
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School board agrees to partnership
The Claiborne County School Board, meeting in regular session last week, approved all voting items on its agenda including a collaborative partnership with Bethel University. The school board agreed to...
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