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Area Happenings
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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Church Events
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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Nonprofit magnet for tourism dollars
The Cumberland Gap Region Tourism Association (CGRTA) is working hard to bring more tourists and their expendable dollars into the ten-county region that makes up its membership. The nonprofit held its...
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SunCrest relocates
Mike Grimm | Claiborne Progress SunCrest Home Health and Hospice recently held its grand reopening at a new location. SunCrest provides in home care to adult patients in East Tennessee. They offer...
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Canning 101 coming up
Juicy ripe peaches, snapping fresh green beans, sweet blackberry jam, and crunchy dill pickles — nothing taste better than home-canned foods. For many, preserving these and other foods at home can be...
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Metal art shop celebrates anniversary
Mitty’s Metal Art, a blacksmith metal art studio, is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Ryan Schmidt, owner and metal artist, began learning the art of blacksmithing from his neighbor, William...
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Much to do in Middlesboro
The revitalization of the historic downtown district of Middlesboro is amping, with plans to restore the city center to its former glory via concerts, grants and even a Farmers Market. The nonprofit...
View ArticleDeadline to report crop acreage at FSA
The local Farm Service Agency has announced that July 17 is the final date to report planted acreages of spring seeded crops such as corn, soybeans, fruits, vegetables, etc. (The established deadline...
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Estep completes plea hearings
Judge Robert Estep completed several plea agreement hearings recently in Claiborne County Sessions Court, including one for Amanda Lee Slusher, 31, charged with assault. Slusher was sentenced to 11...
View ArticleGeorgia man dies in boating accident on Cherokee Lake
ROGERSVILLE — A man from Georgia lost his life in a boating accident on Cherokee Lake in Hawkins County Wednesday night. At approximately 10:30 p.m., a 70-year-old man from Rome, Georgia, was operating...
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Clarification
The Claiborne Progress has been asked to clarify a typographical error made by the Claiborne County Finance Office that was in an informational packet presented to each of the 21 members of the...
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Public Records
The following public records are the only public records that have been made available to the Claiborne Progress. If you feel that there has been an omission or other error, please contact the...
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LMU organic garden expands beekeeping with new grant
The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Organic Community Garden has expanded its beekeeping operation through a Sponsor-A-Hive grant from the Honeybee Conservancy/Anthophilous. The garden received a...
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Cemetery news
Editor’s note: Cemetery news is published as space is available. For a full list, visit our website at www.claiborneprogress.net. Bethel Church Cemetery Anyone having loved ones buried in the Bethel...
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VFW Bike Run held
Photo submitted The 12th annual VFW Christmas Angel bike run was held recently. Approximately 50 bikes participated in the annual fundraiser. The VFW Christmas Angel program provides Christmas gifts...
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Annual fish fry a success
Photo submitted The VFW Post #8779 recently held its annual fish fry, and it was the most successful in the event’s history. Pictured are Tammy Earls, Sarah Levesque, Judy Robertson, Barbara Noah,...
View ArticleFSA election nomination underway
Nominations for candidates to run for Farm Service Agency, Claiborne-Union County Committee member in Local Administrative Areas No. 4 are being accepted now through Aug. 1. LAA No. 4 includes the...
View ArticleFormer trustee’s office clerk nabbed in TBI/Comptroller theft case
NASHVILLE — Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, in partnership with the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, have obtained indictments for a former clerk in the Wilson County...
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Woodley to serve 138 months following shooting in Knoxville hotel parking lot
KNOXVILLE — Brandon Scott Woodley, 35, of Knoxville, was sentenced July 12 by the Honorable Leon R. Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 120 months in prison for knowingly possessing ammunition...
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Husband, wife sentenced for wire, mail fraud conspiracy
KNOXVILLE — Christy A. Greider, 40, and Jason A. Greider, 42, both of Huber Heights, Ohio, were sentenced July 14 by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, for their roles in a...
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