There are 9 article(s) tagged Haywood County:

• May 2024

  • New Arlington High principal hired from Haywood County

    Arlington wastes little time in naming a new principal for the district’s high school, replacing Shannon Abraham.

    By Michael Waddell May 28, 2024

• February 2023

  • Guest column: Planning the road to BlueOval City

    The real work is just starting for the municipalities within the impact crater of Ford Motor Co.’s new BlueOval City electric vehicle campus in Haywood County. How exactly are the surrounding communities going to react?

    By Brandon Herrington February 19, 2023

• December 2022

  • Eight years after closure, Haywood County’s Hospital is back in business

    Less than one hour north of Memphis, Haywood County Community Hospital has reopened, bucking a statewide trend of rural hospital closures that carved out a health care desert between Memphis and Jackson. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 24, 2022

• September 2022

  • BlueOval’s tech side under control but workforce, traffic and supply chain issues remain

    There are a number of challenges that accompany BlueOval City, the production site by Ford Motor Co. about an hour’s drive from Memphis. 

    By Abigail Warren September 16, 2022

• March 2022

  • Conaway: Ties that bind, and limit

    Even after all these years and all the meetings I’ve attended, all the projects I’ve worked on, it still amazes me how fast an opportunity to bring us together can turn to sewage.

    By Dan Conaway March 04, 2022

• January 2022

  • Ford Megasite: Blue Oval City turns Haywood property red hot

    Ford’s plans for a $5.6 billion auto plant campus with 6,000 workers has turned the spotlight on Haywood County property owners. 

    By Tom Bailey January 04, 2022

• November 2021

  • More good news for Haywood County: A hospital reopens

    Brownsville’s hospital, closed since 2014, could have an economic ripple effect of nearly 700 jobs in the area and ease pressure on the local emergency medical services.

    By Ian Round November 14, 2021

• June 2021

  • Governor ramps up support for W. Tenn. ‘megasite’

    Gov. Bill Lee is ordering more aggressive marketing and pushing a $52 million infrastructure investment in the Memphis Regional Megasite, located in Haywood County.

    By Tom Bailey June 08, 2021

• September 2020

  • Rose talks Megasite, state economic recovery at Arlington chamber luncheon

    State Sen. Paul Rose wants to make sure that Gov. Bill Lee lives up to his stance that West Tennessee will get its fair share of attention.

    By Michael Waddell September 09, 2020