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DAYTON — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) officials announced last week that the company will invest

Support for the governor's Education Freedom Scholarships Act among members of the GOP caucus is far from universal.

Rhea County High School is receiving special recognition for its Best Buddies program. It is the international Best Buddies chapter of the year.

The funds may be used for the purchase of land for parks, natural areas, greenways, and the purchase of land for recreational facilities.

State Sen. Adam Lowe, State Rep. Ron Travis and Secretary of State Tre Hargett recently announced the Audrey Pack Memorial Library will receive a $1,368 Training Opportunities for the Public

Speaking outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, California last week to a crowd of striking actors, writers and Amazon delivery drivers, Teamsters

The Tennessee State Building Commission has given Chattanooga State Community College approval to proceed with planning an estimated $20 million project in Rhea County.

The Portland Beacon is now on Instagram.  It may not be pretty… but we are on there.  Please bear with me as I get this one figured out as this is a

Tennessee lawmakers completed their annual session April 21, approving Gov. Bill Lees $56.2 billion budget, which includes a $3.3 billion road plan that allows the state to use private companies to build, operate and run toll lanes in urban areas, branded as choice lanes by the governor because people can choose not to use them.

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.