Healthcare Bluebook seeks to empower patients to shop around, negotiate ‘fair prices’ A Nashville-based company that specializes in researching and comparing medical-care costs and rating quality-of-care outcomes is offering its services for free to Middle Tennessee residents. “Health care is the one industry in which people make purchases without knowing the cost in advance,” says […]
A fire suspected to have been sparked by lightning-strike early Monday caused extensive damage to Building H at Highland Cove Luxury Condominiums overlooking Center Hill Lake. Crews had mostly extinguished the flames by 8 a.m. The fire occurred about four miles south of Center Hill Dam just off Dale Ridge Road, Highway 96. No one […]
After climbing world’s highest mountain, local man gains appreciation for TN For his 70th birthday last year, Tim “Bubba” Garrett of Buffalo Valley wanted to do something unique, in keeping with a tradition he’s developed over the years. So the retired businessman and software engineer decided to climb Mt. Everest, the highest mountain on planet […]
DeKalb County artist expands frontiers of experimental creativity Claudia Lee loves what she does and loves living where she does it. Growing up in Connecticut and New Jersey, Lee always knew she wanted to live in Tennessee. “When I was little, I had a best friend and he and I were determined to move to […]
Parks and campgrounds urging heat-treatment certification Federal and state natural resource agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation want to expand availability of government-certified firewood at public campgrounds. Public lands managers are looking to put a damper on fires made from wood that hasn’t undergone heat treatment beforehand. […]
Hamilton “Ham” Wallace, a fly fishing specialist for Cumberland Transit outfitters in Nashville, offers pointers for hooking up with sizable bass in smaller streams and creeks in Middle Tennessee.
Time to mark your calendars to start setting aside a little early evening time on the third Friday of each month for dropping by the Sparta Green Market. The monthly festival of fresh food, open-air local shopping and lively music begins Friday at Metcalfe Park near Liberty Square in downtown Sparta. Starting at 4.pm., it’ll include […]
Everyone eagerly anticipating completion of dam work Anybody who’s spent any serious time fishing on Center Hill Lake before and after the reservoir was lowered for work on the dam will likely tell you the bite isn’t what it used to be. A standard gripe among seasoned crappie stalkers and unabashed bass bums is that […]
Of the hundreds of cattle breeds raised on farms and ranchlands throughout the United States, few are more striking and recognizable than Texas Longhorns. Longhorns have earned distinction not just for their ability to survive and thrive in arid, barren and otherwise inhospitable wilderness environments, but as a cultural and historical symbol of the Great […]
The Putnam County Public Library in Cookeville is hosting a roundtable meet-up for regional homeschooling families on Tuesday, March 28 at 10 a.m. The forum’s purpose is both to introduce homeschool families to one another as well as put them in contact with library staff. The intention is to “discuss ideas, challenges, and how the […]