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Amazon To Create 800 New Jobs In Alcoa Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Amazon officials announced Wednesday that Amazon will establish a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Alcoa. The site, which is anticipated to launch in 2022, will create nearly 800 new, full-time jobs with benefits and opportunities to engage with advanced robotics. Amazon employees at the more than 634,812-square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and consumer goods. The Alcoa facility will be Amazon’s third fulfillment center in Tennessee to us...

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright has assumed leadership of a House Appropriations subcommittee, a promotion that he thinks means more federal dollars for Northeast Pennsylvania.

One of the COVID-19 pandemic’s results is an added spotlight on the trials and tribulations of essential workers, officials say. That group includes health care professionals, those working in mail delivery and law enforcement. Like so many other workforces, for example, local law enforcement agencies been forced to adjust their methods and practices on the fly. How well have Blount County’s departments responded to this year’s adversities, and what takeaways can be gleaned from a tough 2020? Shift changes Just as the outlooks and effects of COVID-19 have seemed to change daily...

Dear Editor: In many American cities, public libraries — once quiet, safe places for ordinary citizens to read and study — have been converted into de facto homeless shelters. When libraries allow, or even encourage, hygiene-challenged bums, vagrants, drug addicts and mentally ill derelicts to “use” their facilities, they “bathe” in the restrooms, watch porn on the computers and sleep while pretending to read, surrounded by their plastic bags of detritus. For ordinary citizens, the library becomes unusable. The Blount County Public Library appears to be headed do...

Sauk to present holiday radio drama online [Hillsdale Daily News, Mich.] Dec. 15—JONESVILLE — The Sauk, Hillsdale County’s community theatre, is taking their holiday production online with a live radio drama adaptation of “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.” The performances are at 8 p.m.Dec. 17-19 with a 3 p.m. matinee on Dec. 20. “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus: A Radio Play” will be performed live, with each actor performing from their home. The production is sponsored by The Udder Side. Director Trinity Bird said “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” was the or...