TVA’s Cease & Desist Halts Port Development; TCEA CEO Resigns
By Misty Green The Tennessee Central Economic Authority (TCEA) held the Board of Directors meeting on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Macon County Administration Building. At this meeting, TVA’s December 16, 2024, Cease-and-Desist letter, which halted the development of the PowerCom Industrial Center Port, has also urged the President & CEO of TCEA, Charly…
Read MoreMy Brother’s Keeper: Codes & Camper Living
By Misty Green A local man is fighting the Tennessee State Code to allow his 80-year-old brother to live in a camper on his land. In Tennessee, codes are generally not only violated if a complaint is filed. Many laws are enforced through various mechanisms, including direct investigation, public awareness campaigns, and other means, and…
Read MorePalace Evacuation Heroes to be Honored; New RBS Tourism Logo Revealed
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs City Council met on April 10, 2025, for the monthly meeting, and discussion before it began was filled with citizens sharing their recollection of scary events surrounding the severe round of storms that traveled through Macon County last week. “There was a bunch of people taking shelter here…
Read MoreJail Addition Project to Cost Extra $75K
By Misty Green During the Monday, April 7 Macon County Committee of the Whole, Sheriff Wilburn told commissioners that 50 inmates must be housed in another facility for approximately three weeks for construction on the $1,911,476.31 Jail addition project. Sheriff Wilburn said he had spoken with Putnam County Prison and that they could accommodate the…
Read MoreSolid Waste Situation Stinks – Mayor & Commissioners Discuss Solutions
By Misty Green As we face the challenge of our landfills nearing maximum capacity, the recent March 17 Commissioner’s Meeting has brought to light a potential solution. This solution, which could have a positive impact on our community and those in the surrounding counties, underscores the importance of your input and involvement in the decision-making…
Read MoreRBS City Hires New Police Officer
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs City Council approved hiring a new full-time police officer during the March 13, 2025, meeting. “We have had to hire one because the part-time officer on that shift (night) has been sick, and it has been a struggle trying to get this shift covered,” Red Boiling Springs Mayor…
Read MoreRed Boiling Springs 2025 City Election Update
By Misty Green Incumbent Red Boiling Springs Mayor Kenneth Hollis is running unopposed in the April 2025 city election, along with three unchallenged city council members: Helen Gregory, George McCrary, and Donna Grisham. Red Boiling Springs is a city located in eastern Macon County, Tennessee and according to the United States Census Bureau, had a…
Read MoreIntroducing Macon County’s New Administrative Building
By Misty Green It was announced in a public meeting back in 2023 that USDA financing of $4.5 million dollars had been secured for the construction of a new Administrative Building, after Macon County law makers realized that the current courthouse had outgrown the Public Square and with all of the elected officials that are…
Read MoreRBS City Council Votes Unanimously to Change Time of Sunday Beer Sales
By Misty Green Time Change for Sunday Beer Sales in RBS The Red Boiling Springs City Council met on December 12, 2024 and unanimously voted to change the time for Sunday beer sales, previously being sold from 1 – 6 p.m., to now be allowed to sell from noon until midnight. Approving to amend Ordinance…
Read MoreBabynov CEO Pleas for County Pilot Extension
By Misty Green Macon County Commissioners met on Monday, November 4, 2024, for the Committee of the Whole work session and were allowed to hear from Babynov CEO Erik DE COCK, who was seeking the reason why the PILOT extension request was denied and to communicate with commissioners about the painful need for the $50-60,000…
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