Yet what is our state bird? The blah, found-just-about-anywhere mockingbird. It’s as if we’re telling people: “Birds? Not that many here, just the yard birds you’d see anywhere else.” Four other ...

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Northeast State Community College received an $884,404 grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC). Various institutions across the Volunteer State ...

That’s an interesting question, so thanks for raising it. The Avian Records Committee maintains the official state bird list, as well as the list of rare species that need to be reviewed by the ...

State Rep. Shannon Bird wants to go to Congress. The Adams County Democrat hopes to challenge GOP Rep. Gabe Evans next fall and is jumping into the primary for the 8th Congressional District.

The new Tennessee law applies to all four-year universities in the state, public and private. UT and Vanderbilt are in the SEC, one of four power conferences. A clause in the law permits ...

The pledge mandates adherence to these rules despite state laws that may allow circumvention, and waives the right to sue the NCAA or conferences. Tennessee's new law, designed to protect ...