Folk Medicine Festival returns to Red Boiling Springs

CBJ Admin
Monday, Feb 6, 2012
RED BOILING SPRINGS - The popular Folk Medicine Festival is returning - after a nearly 10-year absence - to the historic town of Red Boiling Springs. Mark your calendars for Friday... click here to read more

Upper Cumberland Tourism Association representing region at travel shows

CBJ Admin
Monday, Feb 6, 2012
UPPER CUMBERLAND - The Upper Cumberland Tourism Association had a booth at the Cincinnati Travel, Sport & Boat Show, and the event was quite a big success for the area’s hot spots, said Ruth... click here to read more

Averitt associates donate $400,000 to St. Jude’s

Friday, Feb 3, 2012
COOKEVILLE – Averitt Express associates have once again provided a substantial monetary gift to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Averitt Cares for Kids recently presented St. Jude... click here to read more

Cookeville-Putnam County Sports Council formed; chairman named

CBJ Admin
Thursday, Feb 2, 2012
COOKEVILLE – A new chapter is unfolding within the sports community. Local leaders are preparing to launch a new sports council designed to attract more sporting events to Cooke... click here to read more

TV’s Ghost Hunters visit The Thomas House

Liz Engel Clark
Thursday, Feb 2, 2012
COOKEVILLE – Whistling, flashing flashlights and the high-pitched voice of a little girl - all paranormal activities caught on camera by the Ghost Hunters television crew during a recent visit t... click here to read more

One on One: Carla French, owner of The Screen Door in Crossville

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
If you’re searching for the textbook definition for eclectic, it would be this: ideas, style or tastes from a broad range of sources. Or you could just as easily pull up Carla French. The ow... click here to read more

Breast care big business at CMC: Staff, patients helped shape concept for new center

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
CROSSVILLE – Cumberland Medical Center is investing $1.6 million in a new regional breast cancer center – one that will be more than six times larger than its current facility and will fea... click here to read more

Technology: Moving your business to the cloud

Don Viar
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
Have you moved your business into the “cloud” yet? You might be sitting there saying “I’ve heard about the ‘cloud’ but I really don’t really understand it.... click here to read more

Legal: Legislative changes to workers’ comp intended to benefit employers

Fred Baker
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
In 2011, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted four Public Chapters that address workers’ compensation issues. Overall, these new laws were intended to benefit employers. I. Public ... click here to read more

Capella/Saint Thomas deal a sign of the times

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
MCMINNVILLE – Saint Thomas and Capella Healthcare, a privately-held company that operates four Upper Cumberland hospitals, recently announced partnership plans that could enhance cardiac service... click here to read more

Location, location, location: The first step in a successful event

Sarah Hazelton
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
The venue you choose for your next meeting or event can directly impact the effectiveness and success of the event. Seasoned meeting/event planners will tell you that finding a great venue will go a l... click here to read more

Needed: Work for TRC

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
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 more

Final numbers are in: TSSAA event dubbed a success

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
COOKEVILLE – More than 44,500 people walked through the gates, 4,800-plus vehicles were parked and Cookeville and Putnam County realized an estimated $1 million benefit from the TSSAA’s st... click here to read more

BizBuzz: OB brings practice to Cumberland River Hospital

CBJ Admin
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
Cookeville clinic adds two new providers

COOKEVILLE – Two new providers have joined the staff at Satellite Med in Cookeville, additions that should help balance the i... click here to read more

UC county roundup: Cannon FSA office could close

CBJ Admin
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
Cannon – The Cannon County Farm Service Agency and Cannon County Rural Development offices could be closing as part o... click here to read more

Viewpoint: Flea market will flop

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
Is this really the best we could do? When I heard the Cookeville Mall was being turned into a flea market, it instantly conjured up images of dusty, used VHS tapes, packs of tall, white tube socks... click here to read more

Health care: ‘2012 will be a challenging year’ officials say

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Across the country, the health care community is abuzz. So far, 2012 has meant decreased reimbursements, news of mergers and partnerships, and technology and IT challenges gal... click here to read more

Towns move on from HEFT mess

Liz Engel Clark
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
BYRDSTOWN – An electric power plant company that promised to bring 1,000-plus jobs to the Upper Cumberland instead left behind broken leases – dirty toilets - and hundreds of disappointed ... click here to read more

Bethesda celebrates opening of new PT wing

CBJ Admin
Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
COOKEVILLE - Bethesda Health Care Center in Cookeville recently celebrated the opening of its new physical therapy wing.

The 2,069-square-foot addition, which was constructed by J&S, fe... click here to read more

January business licenses: Macon County

Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
The following businesses have received a license during January 2012 to operate in Macon County. The list includes the business name, type, location and owner's name. Submitted by County Clerk James R... click here to read more

UC Calendar: Beat the winter blues

CBJ Admin
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Winter has seemingly decided to skip the Upper Cumberland this year, meaning there’s lots of event possibilities as the calendar flips to February - whether it’... click here to read more

TTU student wins scholarship from ATC Automation

CBJ Admin
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012
COOKEVILLE – Alexander J. Combs, a manufacturing and industrial technology major at Tennessee Tech University, has received a scholarship from a Cookeville firm that boasts n... click here to read more

Casal: Living the American dream

Liz Engel Clark
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
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

Sleep centers merger: Providing residents with new solutions

Liz Engel Clark
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
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

December unemployment: Counties show improvement from a year ago

Liz Engel Clark
Friday, 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

Cookeville Rotary members welcome Gov. Haslam

Friday, Jan 27, 2012
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... click here to read more

CBJ: Adapting with the times

CBJ Admin
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012
Entering our seventh year of publication and following some of the best and worst times in the Upper Cumberland’s long history, we at the Upper Cumberland Business Journal feel we’ve learn... click here to read more

South Carthage hospital to close

Liz Engel Clark
Thursday, 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

‘Hearts and Minds’ fundraiser scheduled for Feb. 3

CBJ Admin
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012
COOKEVILLE – Tickets are now on sale for a Valentine’s benefit that will help provide scholarships for students attending the Cookeville campus of Nashville State Community College.

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Governor outlines legislative plans in Cookeville

Liz Engel Clark
Tuesday, 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