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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced appointees to a series of key state boards and commissions.

Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Jasper Driver Services Center, 4950 Main St., Building D, will close on Friday, Sept. 20, for installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks. It will reopen on Monday, Sept. 23.

Department of Safety and Homeland Security Driver Services locations in Nashville, Murfreesboro, Gallatin and Springfield will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.

Public access to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry’s (TDF) East Tennessee Nursery for recreational purposes is temporarily suspended while contractors execute a hydrology project on the property. Recreational use is expected to resume in April 2025.

Federal Emergency Management Agency designates 14 Tennessee Counties as primary natural disaster areas due to severe storms, straight line winds, tornadoes, land slides and mud slides.

Roadway Activity Report – Region 2 (Parts of East and Middle Tennessee) for September 12 - 18, 2024

NASHVILLE -- With the NFL and college football seasons underway, the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council (SWC) is reminding everyone licensed sportsbooks in Tennessee offer players the option to set playing time limits, deposit limits and temporary “cool off” periods during which they cannot place wagers.

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed a single positive measles test of a Tennessee resident who recently travelled internationally, spent time in Kentucky during the infectious period, and is now recovering from the virus.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced three key judicial appointments.

During today’s 2024 “Three Stars of Tennessee Award” ceremony Governor Bill Lee and State Senator Becky Duncan Massey joined Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long and Deputy Commissioner of Homeland Security Greg Mays to honor and remember eight first responders who died or suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty.

LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – On the early morning of Tuesday, September 10, a flight crew from the Tennessee Army National Guard, based at Joint Base McGhee-Tyson, rescued an injured hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.