Bledsoe County Nursing Home now has one confirmed case of COVID-19, according to Sue Trujillo, Director of Nursing at the facility. She said the resident is asymptomatic and will be quarantined for 14 days. Other residents and staff have been tested and were negative, she added. The Bledsoe County Nursing Home will continue to follow all Centers…

Recommendations from the Tennessee School Board Association (TSBA) regarding the search for a new Bledsoe County Director of Schools will be heard by the Bledsoe County Board of Education on May 26. The Board will hear TSBA’s top three candidates, but will be able to select from beyond those three if necessary. A total of…

The rebuild of the Inn at Fall Creek Falls State Park is on schedule, according to Communications Director David Roberson with the Tennessee Department of General Services. Roberson said the estimated completion date is the fall of 2021 and all major milestones have been met by the contractor thus far. For more, see the May…

A Pikeville man and woman were killed in an accident near the intersection of U.S. Highway 127 North and Nine Mile Crossroad on Tuesday, May 12, according to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrol.  Michael “Blake” Lee, 50, of Pikeville and Tara Rasdall, 37, of Pikeville both died in the accident. A man out of…