
December unemployment: Counties show improvement from a year ago
Liz Engel ClarkFriday, Jan 27, 2012
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Unemployment in the Upper Cumberland improved in the month of December, compared to rates posted during the same time in 2010, according to the most recent figures released by... click here to read more
South Carthage hospital to close
Liz Engel ClarkThursday, Jan 26, 2012
COOKEVILLE – A South Carthage hospital that’s stood its ground for nearly 46 years will soon be closing. Riverview Regional Medical Center South, located at 130 Lebanon Highway in Cart... click here to read more
Governor outlines legislative plans in Cookeville
Liz Engel ClarkTuesday, Jan 24, 2012
COOKEVILLE - Exactly one year and eight days into his first term in office, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam rolled out his 2012 legislative agenda Monday to a packed house of 450-plus at the Leslie Town Ce... click here to read more
Report: Forty affected by Sparta Food Lion closing
CBJ AdminMonday, Jan 23, 2012
SPARTA – The closing of a White County grocery store will affect 40 employees, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. A report released Monday by th... click here to read more
Get Fit Highlands Challenge returns for spring
CBJ AdminFriday, Jan 20, 2012
HIGHLANDS - Due to the overwhelming success of the Get Fit Highlands Challenge launched in fall of 2011, a new spring challenge will begin Feb.1 and last through May 25. Launched by the Hig... click here to read more

Casal: Living the American dream
COOKEVILLE – When Dr. Michael Casal was a teenager, life as he knew it changed forever.He was 13 or 14 years old, he says, when his family left the Philippines, the place he was born and ra... click here to read more
Needed: Work for TRC
COOKEVILLE – The Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Center could easily double as an everyday place of business. There’s a 10,000-square-foot warehouse and work space, plus three loading ... click here to read moreSleep centers merger: Providing residents with new solutions
COOKEVILLE – Two Cookeville sleep centers joined forces last year in a move that seems to be paying off double today. Sleep Solutions of Cookeville and the Sleep Center at Cookeville Regional Me... click here to read more
Cookeville Rotary members welcome Gov. Haslam
COOKEVILLE - The Cookeville Rotary Club’s board of directors met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam at the Leslie Town Centre during his recent visit to town. Haslam talked about his legislative plans for 2012, and the Cookeville Rotary was thrilled to be a big part of the event, which was attended by more than 450 people, organizers said.
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New Business Licenses
(Macon County, Putnam County, White County)
Upper Cumberland Unemployment Rates
CANNON COUNTY
County Seat: Woodbury
Area in Square Miles: 266
Population (2000): 12,826
Population (2008): 13,804
Population (2010): 13,801
Households (2005-09): 5,221
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