Tennessee News Roundup (8/27/25)

UT Health’s rural care push: UT Health Science Center is launching a four-year, $12 million initiative to establish a Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence, expanding workforce training, mobile clinics and statewide partnerships to close care gaps in non-metropolitan areas — learn what it could mean for your community.

Explore Tennessee by bike: Bike Tennessee’s 52 expertly curated road routes take you from Memphis’s riverfront and the historic Harahan Bridge through charming small towns and Smoky Mountain panoramas, with gravel, mountain and greenway trails on the way — find out.

Peyton Manning invests in future Volunteers: Manning announced four incoming Peyton Manning Scholarship recipients and donated more than $4 million to UT Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information — find out who they are.

Kingsport’s Safe Haven milestone: A new baby box at the Kingsport fire station on S. John B. Dennis Highway will open tomorrow with a noon blessing, marking Tennessee’s 23rd and joining 369 nationwide locations — check out how to tune in.

DENSO’s first Tennessee solar: DENSO, the City of Maryville, Silicon Ranch and TVA have launched operations at a 12.82-acre solar farm expected to generate up to 3,400 MWh a year as the first of four planned facilities powering DENSO’s Maryville plant and supporting the local grid — learn what.

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