[asset-audio[{“description”: “Hear the radio version of this story.”, “fid”: “33956”, “uri”: “npraudio://201712/1712xx_microtrenching.mp3”}]] Google Fiber has dramatically shifted its construction technique for bringing its high-speed internet option to Nashville. While fighting for access to utility poles had spawned an epic legal battle, the company and city officials are finding satisfaction with a method known as “microtrenching.”
Google Fiber Hits Fewer Snags In Nashville With Novel ‘Microtrenching’ Technique
State Breaks Ground On $120M Library And Archives Along Bicentennial Mall
After more than a decade of planning, the state of Tennessee has started construction on a new Library & Archives building, as officials formally broke ground Monday at the corner of Sixth Avenue North and Jefferson Street.
Health Care Firms Among Nashville Employers Pledging To Promote Voter Registration
Listen The largest employers in Nashville have agreed to promote voter registration as part of their hiring process. The project is spearheaded by Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper and Republican state Sen. Steve Dickerson, who last year promoted registration in Nashville high schools and saw an 85 percent bump.
Nashville To Test Overnight Homeless Shelter At Room In The Inn
Listen When temperatures drop this winter, Nashville will add another way of sheltering the homeless. Room In The Inn, which typically coordinates a network of temporary shelters, will start opening its own doors overnight, and there will be fewer rules about who can come inside.
Movers & Thinkers: A Hospice Doctor On Bearing Witness At The End Of Life
As a palliative care doctor at Alive Hospice, Sasha Bowers has been there at the very end of life for a lot of people. This exposure to the dying has given her a perspective on death that most people don’t have, and she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our podcast Movers & Thinkers about […]
General Hospital Tries To Keep New Audit From Being Used Against Them
Nashville General Hospital is trying to keep a negative audit from being used to justify shutting down the facility. The Metro Hospital Authority has been fighting a proposal from Mayor Megan Barry to downsize the city’s struggling safety-net hospital, and some board members are worried about how an audit might look to the casual observer.
Curious Nashville: We Answer Your Burning Questions About Jason Moon Wilkins’ Name
Every weekday morning, public radio listeners across Middle Tennessee tune in to the dulcet voice of WPLN morning host Jason Moon Wilkins. Presumably, when they hear him, most listeners are interested in the news he’s sharing and the local stories he’s playing. But eventually, one anonymous listener started wondering about Jason Moon Wilkins himself, submitting […]
Famed Civil Rights Lawyer Comes Full Circle At Lipscomb
Listen When Fred Gray was a high schooler in Nashville, he dreamed of going to Lipscomb University — which he could not, due to segregation. After becoming a lawyer he tried suing the school, and lost. Today, Gray helps raise money and teaches at an institute on campus that bears his name. And Lipscomb is […]
Why Nashville’s Housing Market Might Be Less Crazy in 2018
Home prices in Nashville may be leveling out in 2018. A forecast by Realtor.com says that’s because the number of homes for sale in the area is increasing.
Davidson County Marks Steep Drop In Infant Sleep Deaths
Listen Davidson County is marking a steep drop in infant sleep deaths. The number of infants who suffocated while sleeping dropped 29 percent in one year. So called “sleep-related deaths” dipped to 15 in 2016, representing one in five of all infant deaths.
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