NEWS

May 16, 2012

McMinn County Academic Olympics winners honored
While many competitors took home medals, all of this year's McMinn County Academic Olympics participants were winners.

May 16, 2012

Photos - May 16

May 15, 2012

Work in the park

May 15, 2012

No tax hike budget OK'd in Etowah
ETOWAH - Etowah residents won't see a tax increase this year, but the city's employees could get a raise.
City Commissioners approved the 2012-13 operating budget on the first reading during a called meeting on Monday evening. The budget, explained City Manager Matthew Gravley, had more available funds than the city realized during the previous workshop

May 15, 2012

Committee members officially cancel fair
The committee that has organized the Mid-East Tennessee Regional Fair for the past 17 years is officially calling it quits.
In a letter sent to fair volunteers, Fair Manager Kim Womac stated 2011 was the last Mid-East Tennessee Regional Fair.

May 15, 2012

McMinn School Board accentuates the positive
Last Thursday night was an opportunity to accentuate the positive for the McMinn County School Board.

May 15, 2012

Athens school budget awaits Council's action
Athens City School Board members discussed during their meeting Monday night that they would know tonight the Athens City Council's decision on funding the city's school system.
The School Board formally presented its proposed 2012-13 budget request on May 7 for the Council to allocate $2,692,600 for the school system.

May 15, 2012

$63K allocated for improvements
ETOWAH - City Manager Matthew Gravley has presented city commissioners with a Capital Improvement Needs Inventory, along with a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
Gravley explained the inventory is a new tool for the commissioners to use when planning how to spend the city funds in the capital projects and equipment funds.

May 15, 2012

Niota hires sewer worker for 90 days
NIOTA - Employment issues dominated most of the Niota City Commission's nearly three-hour meeting Monday night. After lengthy discussion, commissioners finally agreed to hire a job candidate interviewed earlier on Monday to serve as Class 3 wastewater treatment plant operator while the current plant operator is on medical leave.

May 15, 2012

Students at TigerRock Martial Arts honored
The students and instructors of Athens TigerRock Martial Arts Academy recently were presented with one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon training martial artists when Grandmaster Dr. He-Young Kimm traveled from his home in Baton Rouge, La., to Master Moises Contreras' school in Athens to teach two HanMuDo seminars - one for the junior students and another for the instructors and adults students.

May 15, 2012

Meigs seeks Extraordinary Teens
DECATUR - The Meigs County-Decatur Chamber of Commerce will soon begin signing up teens for the League of Extraordinary Teens. The League of Extraordinary Teens coordinates with the Chamber of Commerce and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to raise funds and sign children up to receive books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

May 15, 2012

AUB Water Quality Report completed
The Athens Utilities Board has completed preparation of its annual Water Quality Report for the 2011 reporting year.

May 15, 2012

Easter hats subject of Decatur FCE workshop at Brookewood
DECATUR - The arrival of the spring season was celebrated with members of the Decatur Family and Community Education (FCE) Club visiting Brookewood Health Care Center on April 3, with a Decorating Hats Workshop for the residents.

May 14, 2012

Relay for Life

May 14, 2012

Meigs' Focus: Saving money
DECATUR - Saving money was the focus when the Meigs County Commission met in a work session on Thursday night.

May 14, 2012

For Sale: Unpaid taxes lead county to sell land
Bids will soon be accepted on four properties recently deeded over to McMinn County government for having delinquent property taxes.

May 14, 2012

For your information: Highway 30 Median Beautification project
The Highway 30 Median Beautification program began as a way to make the entrance into the City of Athens from the interstate more attractive to visitors.

May 14, 2012

* Spotlight on people *
Howard's 'second income' job leads to Hall of Fame
When Dean Howard started working as an auctioneer, he didn't expect his part-time job to become a full-time career.

May 14, 2012

Photos - May 14

May 11, 2012

Athens Federal promotes local spending program
For her birthday, Joyce Davis was going to get a free lunch. She had no idea the other three ladies at her table would, too.
Athens Federal Community Bank disproved the old saying, "There's no such thing as a free lunch," when they bought lunch for the first 100 customers at Jenkins Grille & Market Thursday to launch the bank's Eat, Shop & Bank Local initiative.