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06/05/2025

Hohenwald’s 12 most unique residents might just be the elephants that live in The Elephant Sanctuary. Learn about the sanctuary and its discovery center here.

Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Photographs courtesy of The Elephant Sanctuary Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative has 4,115 miles of line across five counties and serves 36,707 members. The service area is also home to 12 elephants who live at The Elephant Sanctuary in the small t...

06/04/2025

In this month’s A Taste of Tennessee, it’s Go Time! Warm weather dishes that are fun to make and travel well? Yes, please! https://hubs.la/Q03qxn7-0

06/03/2025

“The ride is never long enough.” Be sure to check out June’s My Tennessee Notebook — “Midway Memories.”

Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email I’ve been thinking a lot about a childhood friend recently. The warm, sticky summer air keeps bringing her memory to me like the honeysuckle I smell along the creek out back. Her name was Quackers. She was a duck. I raised her from a downy, yellow ch...

06/02/2025

Cover reveal! The June cover features Sissy, an elephant living at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald. Check out the “Have You Herd?” feature along with the entire June issue here. https://hubs.la/Q03plnR80

05/30/2025

Today is the LAST DAY to enter our next Poet’s Playground contest! Enter here.

Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email We’re searching for Tennessee’s most talented and gifted poets. Enter our next Poet’s Playground contest! Subject: Poems do not have to include the word “Tennessee” explicitly, but their themes should celebrate our state and what makes it bea...

05/29/2025

DON’T FORGET to enter our next Shutterbug Showcase themed “95 Reasons to Celebrate Tennessee” — entries are due Tuesday, July 15. https://hubs.la/Q03pljFd0

05/29/2025

Learn about Coach Tony Vitello being awarded the inaugural True Tennessean award — along with the full May feature on Coach Vitello — on The Tennessee Magazine website.

Coach Tony Vitello addresses the 2024 Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association annual meeting where he was presented the True Tennessean award by the

05/28/2025

If you haven’t already, check out this month’s Tennessee History column on “History, Standards and the Gulf of America” here.

The 1888 Rand McNally map had longitude lines measured west from Washington, D.C., on the top, as you can see, but longitude measured west from Greenwich,

05/27/2025

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05/27/2025

We think Lydia Balsbaugh from Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative really captured the beauty of a Tennessee sunset in their artwork. Check out all of the May Artist’s Palette winners here. https://hubs.la/Q03n997g0

05/26/2025

Summer is almost here! Check out our events page to find events happening across the state throughout the summer.

Thu., May 22, 11:00 am-Mon., May 26, 5:00 pm HONORING AMERICA’S FLAG HONORING AMERICA’S FLAG Mount Juliet Mount Juliet, United States The Exchange Club of West Wilson County, and the American Legion Tyler Cates Post 281 are proud to host the 13th annual “Honoring America’s Flag”. This is a...

05/23/2025

Long Hollow Suri Alpacas is not only a unique business in Gallatin, the owners’ focus is on the peace and relaxation the alpacas bring people. https://hubs.la/Q03n94P20