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If you signed-up with Community RFD to or would like to sign up to drive a tow motor/fork lift for Community RFD, we will have an orientation training class Saturday, October 5th, at 9am at the RFD building at 216 N 3rd St. This class is not a requirement to drive but it will get you OSHA certified and/or renew your certification.

Last week, TVA’s Browns Ferry Unit 1 was successfully synced to the grid following its scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. Work performed prepares the unit for a two-year cycle of operation supplying the Tennessee Valley with safe, carbon-free energy. Work performed during this outage included the replacement of two condensate pumps, 6 main steam relief valves and main steam inlet valves and panels. In addition, numerous refurbishments and equipment inspections […]

Giles County FOP Lodge 94 presents the annual 5K Charity Run/Walk. The event will be held Saturday, October 19th beginning @ 8am at Giles County High School. The entry fee is $25 and entry forms can be picked-up at the Giles County Sheriff’s Office, 200 Thomas Gatlin Drive, Pulaski. Make sure to include your shirt size. Prizes will be given to winners in each age division.

A former Tennessee State Trooper is facing rape and misconduct charges, and has been terminated. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says former trooper Brenton Wiegand engaged in illegal activity with a prostitute from September 2023 until April 2024. TBI says Wiegand was involved with the female while in his state vehicle and while in uniform. Wiegand has been charged with one count of aggravated rape and one count of official […]

Monday, October 7th the City of Pulaski Fire Department, Pulaski Police Department Public Safety Officers, Giles County Office of Emergency Management Hazardous Response Team, City of Pulaski Water Treatment Plant, and TEMA will conduct a joint hazardous materials exercise from 8 until 11am. The exercise will be held near the Pulaski Water Treatment Plant near 4th & Shoal Street. During the exercise some roads will be closed for safety reasons. […]

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced approval of an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration, making recovery assistance available to eight counties. The Tennessee counties named in the Expedited Major Disaster Declaration are Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington. Damage assessments remain in progress and additional requests will be made to the federal government. This disaster declaration includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Emergency Work Categories A and […]