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How Pricier Protective Gear Is Crushing Cookeville’s Hospital

By Samantha Max

April 14, 2020

Just days after announcing it would furlough 400 employees, Cookeville Regional Medical Center says it is struggling to keep up with the cost of personal protective equipment. At a livestreamed press conference Monday afternoon, Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton said the rising prices of masks and gowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated by their increased use […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Cookeville, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

A Putnam County Project Is Helping Tornado Survivors Recover Lost Photos

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

March 12, 2020

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In Putnam County, where over 700 structures were damaged last week due to an EF-4 tornado, hundreds of photographs of survivors and their families have been found. And a volunteer-run project wants to help connect survivors with these memories.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Cookeville, Putnam County, Sadie Barrientos, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

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