CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., March 26 [TNSgrants] -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: In Spring 2018, Chattanooga State Community College established its Helping Hands Fund through the Chattanooga State Foundation, which assists students experiencing a crisis when unforeseen financial emergencies occur that often prevent students from staying in school and graduating. Intrigued by this way to help students in need, SouthEast Bank chose to donate $7,000 to the  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., March 27 -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Tech Goes Home Chattanooga, a digital equity program of the Enterprise Center, partners with schools, churches, municipal sites, and other non-profits to host 15-hour digital literacy classes throughout Hamilton County. Following the collaborative partnership created between the Computer Information Technology Department (CIT) and Tech Goes Home last summer, Chattanooga State became a rec  more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, March 24 -- Contura Energy, a coal supplier, issued the following news release: Contura Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA), a leading U.S. coal supplier, announced the Company has drawn down $57.5 million in principal amount under its revolving credit facility as a proactive, precautionary measure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential effects upon national and world economies. "As we continue to take precautionary measures to reduce risk amid market disruption from the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: * * * - Comm. Stuart McWhorter to lead joint effort between TEMA, Health and Military departments * * * Tennessee Governor Bill Lee established the COVID-19 Unified Command, a joint effort to be led by Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, to streamline coordination across the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), Tennessee Department of Health and Tennessee Department of Military. "The COVID-19 pandem  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: * * * - Orders extra protections for vulnerable populations * * * Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 17 calling for businesses across the state to utilize alternative business models beginning at midnight CDT on Monday, March 23, 2020 until midnight CDT April 6, 2020. The order also outlines ways businesses and citizens should work to protect vulnerable populations. "The COVID-19 pandemi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: * * * - Tennesseans join together to fight COVID-19 * * * The State of Tennessee launches a public service announcement campaign that urges all Tennesseans to adopt preventive health measures to slow the spread of coronavirus. "Do your part, stay apart" features Governor Bill Lee, First Lady Maria Lee and Tennessee celebrities that includes Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, University of Memph  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University is helping in the global fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The University is stepping to the forefront and using its educational platform to make protective face gear for doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. TSU is also sharing information on how families can make their own hand sanitizer while producing the germ fighting solution for campus police. The Tenn  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 27 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has opened a lab on campus to analyze COVID-19 test samples to help speed up diagnoses in the community. By next week, the lab in the Department of Pathology on the fifth floor of the 930 Madison Plaza Building is expected to be able to analyze up to 1,500 tests per day with a same-day, or at most 24-hour, turnaround time for results. Sc  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 24 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news on March 23: More than 50 people were tested for COVID-19 in the first days of operation for the drive-thru testing site established at the Mid-South Fairgrounds by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in conjunction with the Shelby County Health Department and the City of Memphis. The site, which opened Friday, is expected to have taken samples from up to 150 people by the   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * - CSAs, Agritourism Operators, Others Changing Their Business Models * * * Like other businesses and families, Tennessee's direct farm marketers, value-added agriculture entrepreneurs and agritourism operators are facing new and imposing challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak and by local, state and national efforts to flatten the curve of infections. Navigatin  more