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Tennesseans encouraged to take advantage of sales tax holiday
Mainstreet Maury - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
State Rep. Scott Cepicky, R-Culleoka, is encouraging residents of District 64 and all Tennesseans to take advantage of the upcoming back-to-school tax-free weekend. The state’s annual sales tax holiday is set for Friday, July 25, through Sunday,...
Tourism video takes Dickson County viral
Main Street Nashville - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
With recent initiatives from the State of Tennessee to promote tourism, many rural counties are making themselves known to lure tourists to the backroads of The Volunteer State, and the newly-formed Dickson County Tourism, part of the Dickson...
SEC insider backs Rick Barnes-led Tennessee as a "dark horse Final Four team" this season
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, led by Rick Barnes, is destined for a deep run in the 2025-26 NCAA Tournament, according to college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein. The insider referred to the Vols as a "dark horse Final Four team"...
Rep. Renea Jones encourages Tennesseans to take advantage of sales tax holiday
Elizabethton Star - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
Published 2:38 pm Wednesday, July 16, 2025 State Rep. Renea Jones NASHVILLE – State Rep. Renea Jones, R-Unicoi, is encouraging residents to take advantage of Tennessee’s upcoming sales tax holiday. The state’s annual back-to-school tax-free...
West Memphis business owner announces run for state Senate seat
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 16, 2025
Crawfordsville Republican Kenny Phillips is seeking the Senate District 9 seat -- currently held by term-limited Sen. Reginald Murdock, D-Marianna -- in 2026, he announced this week. Last month, state Rep. Jessie McGruder, D-Marion, announced that...
Inside the race to restore Tennessee’s native grasslands, before it’s too late
WUOT - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
When people visit Tennessee for the first time, they are likely to notice the trees. Over half of the state – 14 million acres – is made up of forests, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. Many of these forests are akin to those...
Tennessee Aquarium Welcomes New Lemur, Refreshes Octopus Exhibit
Chattanooga Pulse - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
The tide of summertime change continues at the Tennessee Aquarium with a charismatic new arrival to the Lemur Forest exhibit and fresh new digs for a guest-favorite cephalopod. Kintana, a two-year-old female Red-collared Brown Lemur, recently...
How to Identify a Copperhead Snake in Tennessee Before It Bites
AOL
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Eastern Copperhead© Jeff W. Jarrett/Shutterstock.comCopperhead snakes take the prize for being one of the most encountered venomous snakes in the United States. Those who live in the eastern portion of the U.S. know the species well, likely coming...
Mystery shrouds case as American tourist still presumed missing in popular tourist paradise
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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July 16, 2025
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force gave an update into the disappearance of Brian Tarrence, who's from America. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American man who vanished weeks ago in Turks and Caicos is still presumed...
Nashville Jeweler Takes Life One Step at a Time
INSTOREMAG
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July 15, 2025
How do you balance owning a small business with having a family life that includes five young children? It is wild. But wanting to have the family life, wanting to have it all, means there’s sacrifice somewhere. So, we haven’t been traveling very...
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman details 'What Nashville was' in solo album
The Tennessean
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Ketch Secor, frontman of Old Crow Medicine Show, released his debut solo album "Story The Crow Told Me" on July 11. The album is a spoken-word Americana record inspired by Secor's 25 years in Nashville and an encounter with poet Allen Ginsberg on...
Public and Private Transportation Initiatives Help Vulnerable Tennessee Mothers
Discourse Magazine
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The real pregnancy crisis. Many pregnant women and new moms, especially in rural areas, lack access to transportation that is necessary for prenatal and postpartum care. Image Credit: Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Since the Supreme Court’s...
Critics complain to Metro Council of ‘shadow police’ force in downtown Nashville
WSMV 4 - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro councilmembers heard from more than a dozen people Tuesday night, concerned about what critics call a “shadow police” force in downtown Nashville. WSMV4 Investigates first exposed how 209 homeless people were...
Tennessee Aquarium Announces New Lemur, Refreshes Giant Pacific Octopus exhibit, Superheroes Save The World In IMAX
The Chattanoogan - Tennessee
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July 15, 2025
Kintana, a female Red-collared Brown Lemur, explores the Tennessee Aquarium's Lemur Forest exhibit photo by Tennessee Aquarium The tide of summertime change continues at the Tennessee Aquarium with a new arrival to the Lemur Forest exhibit and...
Annual ‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ begins in Tennessee, four other southeastern states
WVLT - Tennessee
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July 15, 2025
TENNESSEE (WVLT) - Drivers heading out on the road this week may notice an increase in law enforcement patrolling, all with the goal of slowing down and preventing crashes. “Operation Southern Slow Down” is an annual speed enforcement campaign...
5,000 flights canceled in 4 days: How storms are affecting travel this week
The Points Guy
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July 15, 2025
Nothing ruins a summer travel day quite like a line of thunderstorms. And this week has been a rough go at U.S. airports, capped by a whopper of a storm system Monday that scuttled more than 2,000 flights and led to significant flash flooding,...
America's Top Trending City Is Officially This Overlooked Destination
The Travel
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July 16, 2025
Travel trends in 2025 are taking an unexpected turn, steering away from the usual hotspots and highlighting destinations that often go unnoticed. Or rather, they are not praised like others in the state. According to Tripadvisor’s recently...
Travel time after Dobbs spiked in states that curbed abortion access, with Az seeing surge from Texas
Tucson Sentinel - Arizona
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July 15, 2025
In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours. “People are spending a lot of...
'911 Nashville' filming in Music City showcases TN growing film industry
The Tennessean
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“911: Nashville” is set to premiere on ABC this fall, highlighting Tennessee's growing film industry. Tennessee's film industry economic output increased 43% to $728 million in the past five years. The state offers incentives like tax credits and...
Woah-Worthy Adventures Around the US to Add to Your Travel Wish List
GearJunkie - Minnesota
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July 15, 2025
Craving a vacation that gets your heart pumping and your jaw dropping? From iconic trail races and once-a-year wildflower hikes to surreal bike routes through desert canyons and alpine lakes, these outdoor adventures offer more than just a workout...