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The Cocke County Commission voted Monday to award Priority Ambulance with a three-year contract beginning July 1, 2022.

Officials said response times have previously run as high as 8 hours after a call was made for an ambulance.

On June 30, dispatchers inside the Prescott Regional Dispatch Center repeated the same thing again and again.

For the nearly 200,000 people who live in and near Prescott, Fire Chief Scott Freitag said response times from a for-profit ambulance company are too slow.

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The Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps on Wednesday announced it will be renamed Lake Valley EMS and has applied for regulatory approval to be…

May 6, 2021 Photo submitted GAVAC will be renamed Lake Valley EMS to reflect the expanding region it covers. (Photo submitted) AMSTERDAM — Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps announced Wednesday in a news release that the ambulance service will be renamed Lake Valley EMS to reflect its growth in the Mohawk Valley and Adirondack Mountain region. In the past two years, the service has expanded its mission regionally to provide 9-1-1 and interfacility response in Montgomery, Fulton and p...

Knoxville Biz Ticker: BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/30/2020 Knoxville News Sentinel BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is giving $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to help meet the needs of community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This gift ...

Knoxville Biz Ticker: BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/30/2020 Knoxville News Sentinel BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is giving $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to help meet the needs of community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This gift ...