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COLUMBIA - An unexpected visitor created a potentially stinky situation Tuesday at the YMCA pool in Columbia.
Lifeguard Melissa King said she saw a skunk run into a tent used by a hot-dog vendor near the pool. The skunk was spotted about noon, and up to 50 people were present at the time.
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COLUMBIA - A record 155 volunteers helped to remove more than 10 tons of trash from the Duck River in an annual cleanup effort this month — but there’s more work to be done, a volunteer said.
Among the tons of trash picked up this year were a water heater, televisions, a grocery cart, a 55-gallon [...]

MT. PLEASANT — Commissioners were quick to approve the acquisition of land for expanding the city’s water treatment plant, the sale of city land and renewing the city’s insurance plan Tuesday at City Hall.
Commissioners voted unanimously to buy one and a half acres of land adjoining the city’s aging water treatment plant on Sandy Hook [...]

COLUMBIA - Though Jennifer Haddock and Sandy Melton met just two weeks ago, Haddock plans to save Melton’s life Tuesday.
At Vanderbilt Medical Center, Haddock will donate her left kidney to Melton, who was diagnosed with chronic renal failure in 2004 after a routine checkup showed high levels of creatinene in her blood. Creatinene is the [...]

County officials say a revised contract with a garbage disposal company will result in workers handling more trash but will ultimately save taxpayers money.
The Maury County Health and Environment Committee gave initial approval Monday to a contract with Waste Management Inc.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online

Columbia, Tenn. - Maury Regional Hospital today announced that it has joined a comprehensive, national program that will improve the quality and safety of patient care while safely reducing health care costs.
“QUEST: High Performing Hospital. s” is a three-year, collaborative program among more than 100 leading hospitals through which Maury Regional Hospital will report [...]

NASHVILLE — A fifteen-mile stretch of the Duck River in Humphreys and Hickman counties was included on a list of fish consumption advisories by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
Fish in the stream sections on the list have been found with tissue levels exceeding the mercury trigger point of 0.3 parts per million.
“In 2007, [...]

The first cars back in the late 1800s ran primarily on alcohol.
It was the only reliable, combustible fuel that was available. Oil had already been discovered, but it had a completely different use at that time; it was used for heating and lighting homes.
So the part that they couldn’t use for heating and lighting — [...]

SPRING HILL, Tenn.— Brian D. Jackson, DPM, a specialist in podiatry, has joined the growing number of physicians at the Spring Hill Specialty Clinic.
Dr. Jackson has practiced podiatric medicine for 14 years. Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) strive to improve the overall health of their patients by focusing on preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions associated [...]