10/23/24

The next two commodity giveaway dates for Marshall County will be held by the South-Central Human Resource Agency at Greater 1st Baptist Church located at 512 6th Avenue North in Lewisburg on Thursday, November 14th from9 to 10 am. This is a drive through event. The new fiscal year started on October 1st for SCHRA. If you have not registered from 10-01-24 to present date, please call the SCHRA office at 359-6393 to register. This helps the line to keep moving at the site during the giveaway. Again call 359-6393 to register for the new fiscal year if you have not already done so. This is the last give away for 2024. The next giveaway date will be held Wednesday, January 8th.

The Industrial Development Board of the City of Lewisburg will not have a regular monthly meeting in November 2024.

The Mayor and Council of the City of Lewisburg will hold a work session on Tuesday, November 5th at 5:00 p.m., at Lewisburg City Hall, 131 East Church Street.

All offices of the City of Lewisburg will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day Holiday.

The Mayor and Council of the City of Lewisburg will hold their regular monthly council meeting, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., at Lewisburg City Hall, 131 East Church Street.

The City of Lewisburg Planning & Zoning Commission will meet in their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., at Lewisburg City Hall, 131 East Church Street.

Lewisburg Gas Dept. Monthly Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at 4:00 p.m. at the Gas Department, 505 N. Ellington Parkway, Lewisburg.

Lewisburg Electric System will hole their regular monthly meeting on Monday, November 25th at 5 p.m., at the Lewisburg electric System, located at 599 West Ellington Parkway.

The Community Development Board of the City of Lewisburg will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, November 26th at 12 p.m. at the Historic 1st Ave Building, located at 207 1st Ave. North.

10/21/24

Early voting totals for the state of Tennessee through Friday, October 18th were 654,249. Marshall County is currently ranked 2nd with 19.71% of registered voters casting their votes early. The votes casts in Marshall Conty were 4, 540.

10/17/24

September Statewide Rate of 3.2% is Nearly 1 Full Percentage Point Less Than National Rate

NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month but is still nearly 1 full percentage point below the national rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.2% in September, up one-tenth of a percentage point over the previous month. The state saw a record-low rate of 3% in May, June, and July.

When compared with last year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate is two-tenths of a percentage point lower than its September 2023 rate of 3.4%.

Tennessee employers added 3,300 nonfarm jobs between August and September 2024. The health care and social assistance sector accounted for the largest increase, followed by the retail trade sector and the professional, scientific, and technical services sector.

Over the past year, total nonfarm employment across the state increased by 31,100 jobs, with the biggest gains in the education and health services sector, followed by the trade, transportation, and utilities sector, and other services.

TDLWD has a complete analysis of the state’s September 2024 unemployment data available here.

Even though Tennessee experienced a small uptick in its unemployment rate over the past month, the state’s rate is still nearly 1 full percentage point below the U.S. rate of 4.1%. The national rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point over the previous month. It increased three-tenths of a percentage point from its rate in September 2023.

The 10th anniversary of National Apprenticeship Week is Nov. 17-23. In conjunction with that milestone, Apprenticeship TN will hold three regional conferences in Tennessee — in Knoxville, Spring Hill, and Stanton — in November.

Apprenticeships are proven earn-while-you-learn training programs. Apprentices receive supervised on-the-job training and related instruction, and employers gain skilled and qualified workers. More information about Apprenticeship TN can be found here.

The state of Tennessee will release the September 2024 County unemployment data on Thursday, October 24, at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

 

10/15/24

 

NASHVILLE – Tennessee residents are invited to participate in a statewide white oak acorn collection project to aid in white oak restoration across the state. Called the Tennessee White Oak Initiative, it is a cooperative effort between the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF), TDF’s East Tennessee Nursery, the University of Tennessee Extension, and the Tennessee Forestry Association.

“White oaks are a critical element of Tennessee’s forests,” State Forester Heather Slayton said. “The roles they play in our ecosystems and economy are invaluable, which is why it is so distressing to see the dropping rates of white oak regrowth in our forests. This initiative is one part of a large-scale effort to address this challenge.”

Each year, TDF’s East Tennessee Nursery in Polk County grows a large crop of white oak seedlings, which are critical to white oak restoration efforts statewide. Unfortunately, over the last few years, seed suppliers have been unable to meet the nursery’s seed volume needs. Now in its fourth year, the white oak acorn collection program is designed to supplement the nursery’s seed supply to boost seedling production. This type of wild seed collection also tends to yield higher quality, larger, and stronger seedlings.

Individuals, civic organizations, forestry groups, landowners, and youth organizations that would like to participate should visit www.tnforestry.com/white-oak-acorn-collection to begin the process. This year’s collection program will open on October 15, 2024, and end on November 15, 2024.

Interested parties may reach out to their local TDF area forester for assistance in identifying the correct tree species and information on how to collect, store, and deliver acorns for inclusion in the program. Find your local TDF area forester at www.tn.gov/agriculture/forests/staff.html.
The Division of Forestry protects and promotes the responsible use of forest resources in Tennessee. Focus areas include assisting landowners with a variety of services, providing quality tree seedlings, supporting forest health programs, collecting forest inventory data, assisting forest industries, and fighting wildland fires. Visit www.tn.gov/agriculture/forests for more information.