Roughly 300 Tennessee Guard soldiers return home Wednesday after helping move the final pieces of military equipment out of Iraq. The unit logged more than 12 million miles on the highway during the 10-month deployment.

Nashville bus fares go up for the first time in nearly four years on Friday. The Metro Transit Authority blames rising costs associated with employee health care and diesel fuel.

The number of Tennessee businesses using E-Verify is way up. It’s a federal online database that checks if someone is in the US legally. In 2007, about 400 Tennessee businesses used it. Today, over 4,000 are signed up.

Smaller airports are showing the first glimmers of a rebound in Middle Tennessee. They’re watching a rise in their key indicator – fuel sales.

Tennessee’s drunk driving laws are about to get tougher on those who have been convicted of DUI before. These suspects will be required to take a blood alcohol test if police believe they’re driving drunk.

The US Postal Service says it needs to become a leaner organization by closing its smaller sorting centers. For most customers, the slower delivery will be an annoyance, but for the newspapers in many small Tennessee towns, it could be a costly change.

The state of Tennessee is helping residents avoid paying for old newspaper articles. The state library has started keeping five years of archived stories available for free online.

Officials say hundreds of new jobs are on their way to downtown Nashville over the next few years. Today state and metro officials announced an expansion of ServiceSource, which helps tech companies manage renewing contracts.

Only a few hospitals such as Cleveland Clinic advertise from coast to coast. But now academic medical centers are trying out national marketing, including for the first time Vanderbilt.

Starting Sunday, Tennessee pharmacies will be tracking sales of pseudoephedrine electronically, in real time. It’s the key ingredient in cold medicines like Sudafed and Dimetapp, but it’s also used to make methamphetamine.