Category: State News

STATE AG NEWS | As input costs climb and commodity prices stay volatile, more local farmers are doing the survival math on diversification. A new UT webinar series hopes to help.

MUSIC, FILM, BOOKS | A film exploring the history and unexpected closure of Opryland USA will play for a limited time in September. It seeks to answer one question: Why was Opryland closed and replaced with a shopping mall?

It's a law dating back to the earliest days of whiskey making in the state, and a Tennessee Congresswoman is pushing to lift the federal ban on home spirits distillation.

STATE NEWS | Tennessee loses roughly 10 acres of farmland an hour. The state just launched a new program aimed at placing agricultural land under a permanent conservation easement, taking it off the table for development.

STATE NEWS | She'll be laid to rest in Music City and as a fitting tribute to the iconic Tennessean, Governor Bill Lee and airport officials recently announced a plan to rename BNA in her honor.

OUTDOOR NEWS | It's one of Tennessee's oldest hunting traditions. Squirrel season opened this weekend and extends through March 15.

STATE AG NEWS | Local producers, get access to 15 experts discussing the latest agriculture research from the New World screwworm to soil health at UT's annual Steak and Potatoes Field Day.

STATE OUTDOORS NEWS | The TWRA's goal is 30 observations from all 95 Tennessee counties. Let's help them out. A link to the survey is in the article.

STATE NEWS | Yes, Governor Lee just signed an agreement that could bring nuclear waste to Tennessee but the target is Oak Ridge not Lynchburg.

STATE NEWS | A new TN law goes in effect today regarding what parents care share about their children for profit online in the state.