With $4M investment, UTHSC and others expand community health hubs
A community health hub model led by UTHSC and other partners is expanding across the state, thanks in part to a donation from United Health Foundation.
Steve Bohnel
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Health CareCommunity health hub opens in Raleigh
County Commissioner Charlie Caswell Jr. says the ShelbyCares health hub, a partnership between UTHSC and county government, will help “break that generational curse” in North Memphis.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx laying off more than 150
Facility closures are scheduled to take place Aug. 3.
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Health CareRobot helps with knee surgery at Saint Francis Hospital
Saint Francis Healthcare has bought the ROSA Robotics Knee System, which a local surgeon said has been crucial to being more exact with knee-replacement surgery.
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Health Care 11 cyclosporiasis cases in Shelby residents, health department says
The illness can cause symptoms including explosive diarrhea.
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Health CareThe beam team: Baptist Memorial leaves mark atop Fayette County hospital project
Residents, healthcare execs and local officials had the chance to be part of the $27 million community hospital in Fayette County.
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Transportation & LogisticsFormer FedEx pilot, AutoZone exec tapped by Gov. Lee for Memphis airport board
The two selections round out the picks for a new board following a change in state law, pending a lawsuit originating in Nashville.
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Transportation & LogisticsHere’s where Memphis airport board stands on new state law affecting who selects members
A new state law changes who selects members of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board of commissioners, but has been contested in federal court.
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Health Care‘One-stop shop’ for eye care will help homeless Memphians frame their future
Two local institutions and their partners will serve hundreds, if not thousands, with free eye exams and glasses through a new clinic.
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Health CareSt. Jude researching HIV treatment for people 16 and up
Researchers at St. Jude are partnering with dozens of medical partners globally to answer a question — how do certain HIV treatments work with 16- and 17-year-olds versus adults?
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Health CareGrowing the pipeline: Inside the plan to rescue rural healthcare in Tennessee
Rural healthcare remains a challenge for UTHSC and several partners across the state. The system’s strategic plan provides some goals to address them, but it requires a coordinated approach and better outreach, some say.
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Health CareThe UTHSC enrollment and education pipeline: How is the state system doing?
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center strategic plan for 2023-28 has specific goals tied to enrollment and similar metrics.
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BusinessThe robots are here, and they could be coming to Memphis-area classrooms
A 2004 White Station High graduate co-founded Magnus Labs — an AI, data and robotics company — in Silicon Valley. Now, he wants to bring his expertise and work with Sparco, a computer- and tech-consulting business in Millington, to bring robotics and a curriculum to Memphis-area schools.
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Health CareRegional One Health laying off more than 100
The layoffs are affecting Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital, which will be closing later this year.
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Transportation & LogisticsThis Mother Goose tends to her flock of truck drivers
Leading a nearly all-female team at the Dunavant, a supply and logistics company, terminal office in Southeast Memphis, Kristy Hart said she hasn’t thought much about it despite what has historically been a male-dominated industry.
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Health Care Type O blood donations needed during shortage, major nonprofit says
Vitalant says it needs thousands of blood donations to keep Memphis hospitals stocked, due to the lowest supply in two years.
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Transportation & LogisticsFrench logistics giant to buy FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion
FedEx Supply Chain will be sold to CMA CGM Group, a French-based shipping and logistics company, pending regulatory approvals.
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Spirit of MemphisHigh Point Terrace celebrates decades of July Fourth history — and 250 years of the US
The U.S. celebrated its semiquincentennial on Saturday. In High Point Terrace, that means having an annual parade, one that has occurred for 77 years.
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Health CareSt. Jude Leadership Academy hires first-ever senior vice president
Heather Currier Hunt will head the St. Jude academy, where she will help build leadership skills “whether you’re in facilities, or you’re a Nobel laureate, and everything in between.”
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June 2026
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Transportation & LogisticsMore funding needed for MATA, transit advocates say
The declining Memphis transit system received more than $30 million in funding in the city’s recently approved budget. That’s more than it got last year. But MATA supporters say it’s not enough.
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Transportation & LogisticsAmazon Prime Air unveils drones that ‘detect and avoid’ as they deliver
Amazon Prime Air showed off its MK30 drones at the Renasant Convention Center. It hopes to operate 10 to 14 by later this year.
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Transportation & Logistics Current airport board takes care of business in what may be last meeting
Commissioners approved an additional $2.6 million for design of a new baggage system and administration building.
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Transportation & LogisticsAirport board focuses on operations as state takeover looms
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority commissioners feel the board’s job is vital to the local economy, no matter who sits on it. Many of them could soon be replaced following passage of a new state law.
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BusinessMemphis meatpacking plant to close, lay off 208 workers
JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.
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BusinessMemphis native develops system that aims to put out fires in 15 seconds
Ethan Pretsch envisioned a system that could use AI and tech to specifically target fires and keep them from spreading.
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