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SMYRNA, Tenn. – Nearly 110 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard returned to Tennessee, Nov. 1, after spending more than a year away from home supporting operations near Laredo, Texas.

The Department of Children’s Services today announced that for the fourth consecutive federal fiscal year, the number of Tennessee children in foster care reaching permanency through adoption or subsidized permanent guardianship has increased, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Virnig Manufacturing, Inc. officials announced today the company will establish new operations in Pikeville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Col. John “Brad” Bowlin was recently appointed as the Assistant Division Commander – Operations, for the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division beginning Oct. 21.

The Tennessee Recovery Navigators are celebrating another successful year of delivering life-changing interventions for people living with addiction. TDMHSAS is releasing a new annual report which details the program’s successes despite a full year of pandemic-related restrictions.

A Knox County woman who spent two and a half years on a TennCare fraud “most wanted” list has been booked for the crime.

NASHVILLE – Unemployment rates dropped in a majority of counties across Tennessee in September, according to the latest data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – There are numerous thrill-inducing occupations the Tennessee National Guard has to offer but few are as exhilarating as a UH-60 Blackhawk crewmember. There is nothing quite as breath-taking as sitting in an open door aircraft watching the ground fall away while vertically accelerating into the horizon at hundreds of feet per minute; the best way to explain it, is to experience it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and SP-Teri officials announced today that the company will relocate its headquarters and manufacturing operations from Nashville to McEwen, creating 35 new jobs.

A Tennessee overseer for the federal Victims of Crime Fund has been named to a national board representing all state efforts to serve crime victims.

SMYRNA, Tenn. – Nearly 160 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard have returned to Tennessee, Oct. 27, after spending more than a year away from home supporting operations near Laredo, Texas.

Three years after the Tennessee State Museum opened in its new location on the corner of Rosa L. Parks Blvd. and Jefferson Street in Nashville, the building housing it was dedicated this morning as the Bill Haslam Center.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of Clay Bright to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee. Bright currently serves as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Governor Bill Lee will begin public budget meetings with executive branch agencies on Monday, Nov. 1.