The Morristown Regional Airport Commission voted unanimously Thursday afternoon to award the bid for the airport fixed-base operator to Morristown Air Service, a company owned by businessman Ben Williamson. Williamson has had the FBO contract for years and bested two other bidders, Morristown Flying Service and Charles L. Greenlee Jr., to win the contact. “We were thrilled,” Williamson said Thursday afternoon. “We’ve represented the city for 13 years and we
The Hamblen County Commission approved economic impact studies for tax increment financing at Masengill Springs and the Downs at Wallace Farm Thursday. TIFs are multi-year partial property tax deferments developers and the Industrial Development Board of the City of Morristown use to pay for public improvements — like storm drainage, sewer and roads — and can’t be used on buildings or to the projects themselves. Taxpayer dollars aren’t used for
Fourth Judicial District Attorney General James Dunn confirmed the identity of the former Bean Station police officer and Grainger County deputy arrested in connection with a pharmacy robbery that left two people dead and two others fighting for their lives. The suspect, Jason Bryan Holt, 37, of Bean Station, allegedly entered the Down Home Pharmacy in Bean Station shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday morning to rob the pharmacy of oxycodone.
Family Nurse Practitioner Danielle Drinnon recently took her devotion to good health a step further by announcing her position as an advisor with AdvoCare, a health and wellness company offering energy, weight-loss, nutrition and sports performance products. The Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated Drinnon’s role as an independent dealer and her membership by hosting a ribbon cutting at the Chamber offices. “It’s nice to see someone with a medical
Those little $4 blocks of green power add up—and it takes a lot of hard work (not to mention strategic marketing) to make that happen. That’s certainly the case when it comes to Appalachian Electric Cooperative. The cooperative was recently honored for its promotional efforts related to helping ensure that energy from renewable sources is part of TVA’s power supply by increasing local support for the Green Power Switch program.
The term “yo dog” is not often associated with small business success. Dub an awards ceremony, “Chamber Idol,” however, and ask a local financial advisor to trade in his suit and tie for a hipster shirt and oversized black glasses — and traditional acumen gets thrown to the wind. Such was the 2013 Small Business Awards of Excellence hosted by the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce on April 30 at
On his first full day in office, President Obama declared “a new era of openness,” supposedly easing access to federal records and lifting the pall of secrecy that hovered over the George W. Bush White House. Just words. By some measures, Obama has been the worst modern president for press freedom. His administration has filed an unprecedented six criminal cases against whistle-blowers, accusing leakers of espionage when, as in the
With a Republican super majority in Nashville, the GOP has the power to push any legislation it wants into law – whether or not the legislation is good for the people the governor and the legislature are supposed to represent. Because we are a conservative community and our thinking generally aligns with the Nashville Republicans, that situation doesn’t pose too much of a problem for the Lakeway Area. However, when
Half a loaf being better than none, Tennessee cities stand to benefit from a one-year ban on annexations, even though they may not like it. The proposal initially called for a referendum before a city could add new territory — which would have been better — but that proposal was “amended down to the very bare bones,” its sponsor said. The result is that no city in the state can
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