Metro Nashville Public Schools is shifting about 17,300 elementary and exceptional education students back to virtual learning after the Thanksgiving holiday break.
Nashville Reduces Restaurant Capacity In New Health Order
Starting next week, Nashville restaurants and bars must go back to operating at 50% of their capacities under the latest health order from the Metro Public Health Department. Those establishments also have to offer last call and stop accepting new customers by 10 at night, to ensure they can close an hour later. Previous orders have allowed bars and restaurants to […]
Nashville Mayor Releases Policing Policy Commission Report, Setting Blueprint For Next Chief
The 40-page report sets four overarching goals that Mayor John Cooper says will help police “reduce the use of force, build trust across all of Nashville’s neighborhoods, and enhance public safety.”
Curious Nashville: How Overlooked Buildings And Trees Can Reveal Wonderment Around Us
To combat our feelings of isolation and everyday repetitiveness, Curious Nashville is bringing back four short stories that deliver surprises about things we might otherwise overlook.
Investigation: Tennessee Outsourced Hundreds Of Contact Tracers But Releases Little Data On Results
Tennessee has outsourced most of its contact tracing to a medical billing company with no experience in epidemiology. And despite spending tens of millions of dollars on the effort, the state has published very little evidence to show how the company is doing.
Space For COVID Care Getting Tight — Even At Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Even Tennessee’s largest hospital is running into capacity issues, with more than 200 staffers out sick with COVID-19 or quarantining because of close contact.
Thanksgiving 2020 Playlist: Listen To WPLN’s Favorite Podcast Episodes Of The Year
Thanksgiving is going to look a lot different this year. But one thing that will most certainly stay the same? The familiar dulcet tones of our favorite podcasting hosts.
Despite Some Sick Voters And Many Mail-In Ballots, Nashville Finds Pandemic Election Ran Smoothly
Nashville election officials say their systems ran smoothly this month and that they’re hopeful that they’ve increased public trust in voting. In certifying the city’s election results Thursday, they noted lessons learned about accommodating COVID-positive voters and what it takes to process more than 34,000 mail-in ballots.
How A Reporter’s Investigation Turned Up New Lessons On Nashville’s Coronavirus Spread
In a sea of new daily COVID cases, health officials are often looking for clusters — a group of cases linked to a particular time and place. But what can be even harder to figure out is how each outbreak spreads from its source and spawns even more clusters in the region.
Nashville Restricts Household Gatherings To Eight People, Though Large Events May Go On
Starting Monday, Nashville will cap private gatherings to eight people, with no more than two households represented. Previously the limit was 25. It marks a shift in the focus of pandemic restrictions from public events to private spaces.
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