Category: Local News

LOCAL NEWS | Help Lynchburg Elementary School’s science and social studies teacher Dusty Dickey win America’s Favorite Teacher. His students could win a school assembly with Bill Nye, the science guy. The deadline to vote is March 27.

LOCAL NEWS | Moore County's public safety director and sheriff help us drill down to how the new Old No. 7 Tower — part of the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network — makes citizens more safe.

LOCAL NEWS | The Moore County Beer Board approved Tristar Spirits' permit application in a unanimous vote on Wednesday to allow Company Distilling to serve beer.

AG NEWS | Just in time for spring planting season, a Tennessee cooperative will return $39.1 million to the people who grew it this March. It's a cooperative rather than extractive business model for local farmers.

LOCAL NEWS | On Monday, the Metro Council voted unanimously to lower the speed limit on Pole Cat Hollow Road based on a citizen's petition.

LOCAL ELECTIONS | The Lynchburg Times submitted an identical set of questions to all candidates seeking office in the August 2026 General Election. Responses are published here in a straight Q&A format, exactly as submitted, without editing or rewriting.

LOCAL NEWS | Wanna jumpstart your career while gaining both experience and help with college expenses? The deadline to apply for the Jack Daniel's Co-Op Program is April 3.

LOCAL NEWS | Push is coming to shove between Metro Moore County and the contractors building the Silicon Ranch solar farm along Highway 55 — the council voted Monday night to put that in writing.

LOCAL NEWS | Postcards opposing the proposed re-opening of the Highway 50 quarry started arriving in local mailboxes over the past couple of days. The question is, who is behind them?

PUBLIC MEETINGS COVERAGE | Monday’s meeting at the American Legion takes up two proposals that ask the same fundamental question: what kind of place do we want this to be?