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Chris St. Clair

Google Fiber Expands To 10 New Nashville Neighborhoods

Chris St. Clair

October 25, 2017

Listen Google is picking up the pace on its troubled Fiber rollout in Nashville.   The company announced Wednesday that 10 new neighborhoods can now access the high-speed Internet service.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Google Fiber, News

Nashville’s New Transit Plan Comes With A Hefty Price Tag

Meribah KnightandChris St. Clair

October 17, 2017

Listen $5.2 billion dollars — that’s how much the Mayor’s new transit proposal will cost. It includes light rail, bus rapid transit and an underground tunnel beneath Nashville’s already-congested downtown. Funding the most expensive project in Metro history is going take some fancy footwork. 

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Megan Barry, transit

Metro Historical Commission Approves First Marker To Honor LGBT Struggle

Chris St. Clair

October 9, 2017

Listen Only a handful of Nashville’s official historical markers recognize contemporary achievements, but the city is getting another.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: historical markers, lgbt, News

Nashville’s Hotels And Restaurants Have A Hiring Problem

Chris St. Clair

October 4, 2017

Listen Staffing is the latest hurdle facing Nashville’s growing hospitality industry, which is set to add over 100 restaurants and more than 3,000 hotel rooms by the end of next year. A sparsely attended career fair at Music City Center on Tuesday reflects a much bigger problem facing the city.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: hospitality, restaurants

Tennesseans Seeking Lost Loved Ones Try Their Luck At Missing Persons Day

Chris St. Clair

September 22, 2017

Listen A new project by the state is trying to reconnect families with loved ones who disappeared years ago.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Department of Health, missing persons

Tennessee Legislators Are Trying To Help Solve Decades-Old Civil Rights Crimes

Chris St. Clair

September 21, 2017

Listen A panel of Tennessee lawmakers tasked with helping solve Civil Rights era crimes heard testimonies for the first time on Thursday. The meeting illuminated the frequent challenges investigators face in reopening cases that went cold decades ago.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, News

Florida Residents Fleeing Hurricane Irma Find Refuge In Nashville

Chris St. Clair

September 7, 2017

Listen Nashville is becoming a destination for some Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Irma – like Javier Santana. Santana has lived in Coral Gables for the last 40 years, but he says he’s never seen a storm like this one.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Florida, Hurricane Irma

Dialysis Clinic In Nashville’s Public Housing Trains Residents To Provide In-Home Care

Chris St. Clair

September 7, 2017

Listen Some Nashville public housing residents on dialysis will soon have their treatments delivered to their doorstep. The first class of technicians trained to provide in-home dialysis graduated last week from a Metro Development and Housing Agency job training program. The graduation marks a step towards eliminating the long journeys made by patients each week. […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, News

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