Area News

A group of Bledsoe County High School students are heading west this summer to study at Yellowstone National Park, announced Advisor Bridgettt Loyd. For seven days the students will be part of Ecology Project International where they will work with scientists in the park on a bison study, an amphibian study and an invasive plant…

In observance of Good Friday, April 15, The Bledsonian-Banner will be closed. The office will reopen Monday and continue regular operations. Due to the closing, all advertisements, community calendar events and classified ads need to be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 for the April 21 issue of The Bledsonian-Banner.

The Bledsoe County Highway Committee met Thursday evening, April 7 to hear from developer Craig Fuller, with The Fields – a fly-in community, who seeks to shift a portion of State Route 28 and build an access road to run parallel to U.S. Highway 127, shifting the roadway. to make room for a 4,200 foot…

Due to potential weather conditions all Bledsoe County Schools will be dismissing at 1:00 p.m. today, April 7, 2022. All after-school and sporting events will be canceled as well.

Bledsoe County FFA Chapter recently attended the State Convention in Gatlinburg bringing home numerous state degrees and awards. Nine of the members earned their State Degree including Maddie Reece, Kaylea Simmons, Chanda McMillan, Haven Blankenship, Isaiah Ellis, Emory Ollinger, Chelsey Trussell, James Dyer, and Kesley Bolin. For more see the April 7 issue of The…

Two individuals were indicted in unrelated rape cases by the Bledsoe County Grand Jury last week. In addition to these two cases, grand jurors found enough evidence to indict 28 other cases presented. An indictment was returned against Braydon Koltt Pendergrass of Pikeville for statutory rape of a girl between the ages of 13 and…

A recent 1,500-acre property purchase in lower Bledsoe County has opened up discussions about property usage, development and property tax values among local residents. The Fields, a residential fly-in community, has presented a proposal that includes an airstrip, commercial space for a restaurant, farm to table market and other commercial development with the prospect of…

Dollar General (DG) is excited to announce its store at 970 College Station Mountain Road in Pikeville at the 4-Way is now open. For more see the March 31 issue of The Bledsonian Banner.

Being an eighth, ninth or tenth grade student is tough enough, but playing the game of LIFE maze at that age can be life changing. Some Bledsoe County students, with parental or guardian permission, participated in a LIFE maze last Friday at the high school with life scenarios. Students were given a scenario and had…

Plans to develop a billion dollar residential fly-in community in southern Bledsoe County continues to be scrutinized by property owners in that area and throughout the county. Developer Craig Fuller has been meeting with county officials trying to propose a plan in which the majority will agree upon concerning the closing of a portion of…