A Tennessee coal mining town made headlines when its only hospital was abruptly shut down in 2024. Since then, efforts by Jellico’s government to revive the abandoned hospital have fallen short.
A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American’s hybrid music
On May 31, Mo Sabri makes a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, “Tennessee Desi,” which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.
Trump’s push for new nuclear weapons begins in Tennessee’s oldest town
The federal government is running out of a key ingredient for nuclear weapons: high-purity depleted uranium. Now they want to manufacture it in rural Tennessee.
First Black student to graduate during Southern integration dies at 85
Bobby Cain made history as the first Black student to graduate from an integrated high school in the South. He died in Nashville on Monday at the age of 85.
How one rural Tennessee town pushed back over a proposed bitcoin mine and won
The tech industry is increasingly eyeing rural communities to warehouse servers for cryptocurrency mining and data storage. In Mountain City, locals pushed back.
A century later, Scopes trial still resonates amid classroom culture clashes in Tennessee
As the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial is commemorated, battles over public education continue in Tennessee and surrounding states amid a new wave of government scrutiny.
How Tennessee is working to put more mental health professionals in rural schools
Project RAISE aims to bring more school mental health professionals to Tennessee’s rural students.
Two dead, three injured after tornadoes strike Tennessee
Two people are dead and three others are injured after an EF2 tornado struck portions of Morgan County on Thursday night, weaving a path of destruction in the rural communities of Deer Lodge and Sunbright.
Most Tennesseans support deporting all undocumented immigrants. A local church leader says the reality is more complicated.
84% of Tennesseans support deporting undocumented immigrants with a criminal record, according to a new poll by Vanderbilt University.
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